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Colonial Real Quarter Denomination Token

Preserve an explicit colonial denomination transcription and source without converting historical money.

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Description

Preserve an explicit colonial denomination transcription and source.

Archival records use source-specific expediente, foja, tomo, series and imprint-role wording. A recorded copy status or date transcription differs from authentication or calendar interpretation. Preserve original spellings, numbering and permission context before matching records or publishing a passage.

Preserve an explicit colonial denomination transcription and source.

When to use this tool

Use Colonial Real Quarter Denomination Token when you already have recordId, suppliedDenominationText, source and need to preserve an explicit colonial denomination transcription and source.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter recordId, suppliedDenominationText, source. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read token. Use the output convention below.

Enter recordId, suppliedDenominationText, source using the field constraints below. Encode these values, in exactly that order, as a JSON array and return the serialized array as text in token. String values are preserved without trimming or external terminology lookup.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
recordIdRecord IdRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
suppliedDenominationTextSupplied Denomination TextRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
sourceSourceRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
tokenTokenRequired. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
json
{
  "input": {
    "recordId": "R17",
    "suppliedDenominationText": "quarter real notation",
    "source": "Source A"
  },
  "output": {
    "token": "[\"R17\",\"quarter real notation\",\"Source A\"]"
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • The result records supplied values without converting historical money. Sources and asserted relationships are not independently authenticated.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Consult the original archive, edition or interview and its local descriptive conventions. Apply appropriate documentary or calendar analysis for substantive interpretation; display redaction and locator keys do not establish provenance or publication rights.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: latin-american-studies/colonial-real-quarter-denomination-token — tool.io

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