Evidence coverage: 1730–1735. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
Gambia River trading accounts documented by Moore1730–1735
No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
Bar denominates quantities of different goods, with negotiated assortments adding to a purchase price; Moore explicitly describes reckoning by bars or crowns.
Sources and qualifications →Narrated dispute at Nackway imposed a 300-bar payment. Retain the author’s partisan framing as source perspective, not verified fairness of the adjudication.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
Bar denominates quantities of different goods, with negotiated assortments adding to a purchase price; Moore explicitly describes reckoning by bars or crowns.
C1350Narrated dispute at Nackway imposed a 300-bar payment. Retain the author’s partisan framing as source perspective, not verified fairness of the adjudication.
C1351Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan. A named reckoning unit valued heterogeneous goods and claims; not a node for iron as a generic commodity. Do not merge every West African bar currency.
Bar denominates quantities of different goods, with negotiated assortments adding to a purchase price; Moore explicitly describes reckoning by bars or crowns.
p45
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Complete public-domain OCR downloaded: extinct26-cache/moore.txt; passages inspected.
Narrated dispute at Nackway imposed a 300-bar payment. Retain the author’s partisan framing as source perspective, not verified fairness of the adjudication.
p124
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Complete public-domain OCR downloaded: extinct26-cache/moore.txt; passages inspected.