Metallic Payment Tokens from the Dayhan Counting Room in the Murghab Regal Estate
Abstract
The article deals with rare and little-known money substitutes, i.e. coin-like uniface bronze and brass payment tokens issued by the so-called Dayhan (Peasants') Counting Room of Murghab Regal Estate, once the property of Tzar Alexander II (in Bayram Ali, nowadays in Mary Velayat, Turkmenistan). The article provides a survey of the information accessible, as well as an attempt of its attribution and dating. The Appendix comprises a type catalogue, which lists all kinds of the described metallic counting units (tokens) known to date.
Keywords
Байрам-Али,
Дайханская контора,
денежный суррогат,
Закаспийский край,
металлическая марка,
Мургабское Государево имение,
платёжный жетон,
Туркменистан,
Туркмения,
Bayram Ali,
Dayhan (Peasants’) Counting Room,
metallic counting unit,
money substitute,
Murghab Regal Estate,
payment token,
Transcaspian region,
Turkmenia,
Turkmenistan
About the Author
Vladimir N. Nastich
Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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For citation:
Nastich V.N. Metallic Payment Tokens from the Dayhan Counting Room in the Murghab Regal Estate. Orientalistica. 2018;1(2):237-250. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31696/2618-7043-2018-1-2-237-248
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