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Evidence coverage: AD 900–AD 900. 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.
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Laguna kati–suwarna debt accounting
CUR-V37-LAGUNA-SUWARNA · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: AD 900; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
Parents / predecessors
No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.
Children / successors
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
Unit and issue records 1 records
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Laguna kati–suwarna debt accounting · C2062
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Laguna kati–suwarna debt accountingThe copperplate dated 900 records acquittal of a debt of one kati and eight suwarna. The obligation is explicit; place of issuance and broader local identity remain qualified because provenance is uncertain.
Sources and qualifications → Qualified local scope and open successorShared Javanese monetary vocabulary does not establish a Java-to-Laguna inheritance or a continuous route into the Philippine peso. Do not equate this single record with a currency of the whole archipelago.
Sources and qualifications → Account-unit observations
Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
900qualifiedThe copperplate dated 900 records acquittal of a debt of one kati and eight suwarna. The obligation is explicit; place of issuance and broader local identity remain qualified because provenance is uncertain.
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Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Qualified C2062
The copperplate dated 900 records acquittal of a debt of one kati and eight suwarna. The obligation is explicit; place of issuance and broader local identity remain qualified because provenance is uncertain.
Antoon Postma · The Laguna Copper-Plate Inscription: Text and Commentary, Philippine Studies40.2 (1992),183–203 Citation S1080 ·
Open source ↗pp.186–187 translation line5 and nn.5–6; provenance discussion from p.185
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Article transcription inspected.
Qualified C2063
Shared Javanese monetary vocabulary does not establish a Java-to-Laguna inheritance or a continuous route into the Philippine peso. Do not equate this single record with a currency of the whole archipelago.
Antoon Postma · The Laguna Copper-Plate Inscription: Text and Commentary, Philippine Studies40.2 (1992),183–203 Citation S1080 ·
Open source ↗pp.186–187 translation line5 and nn.5–6; provenance discussion from p.185
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Article transcription inspected.