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Laguna kati–suwarna debt accounting: research record

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 accounting

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.

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Qualified local scope and open successor

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.

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Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

900qualified

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.

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Evidence & research notes 2 claims

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.

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