piece of eight
E151071
A piece of eight is a historic Spanish silver coin, widely used in international trade from the 16th to 19th centuries and often associated with piracy and colonial economies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| piece of eight canonical | 4 |
| Piece of Eight | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1332668 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: piece of eight Context triple: [Spanish dollar, alternativeName, piece of eight]
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A.
Schatz
Schatz is a German-language surname borne by various individuals of German and Jewish heritage.
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B.
Gulden
The Gulden was a historical European gold-based coin and monetary unit used in various German states, including Hesse-Kassel, before the adoption of more modern currencies.
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C.
Neapolitan ducat
The Neapolitan ducat was a historical gold and later silver coin that served as the principal monetary unit of the Kingdom of Naples for several centuries.
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D.
The Eight
The Eight was a group of early 20th-century American painters who rebelled against academic art standards and helped pave the way for the Ashcan School and modern American art.
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E.
Cape rixdollar
The Cape rixdollar was a historical monetary unit used in the Dutch and later British-controlled Cape Colony in what is now South Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: piece of eight Target entity description: A piece of eight is a historic Spanish silver coin, widely used in international trade from the 16th to 19th centuries and often associated with piracy and colonial economies.
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A.
Schatz
Schatz is a German-language surname borne by various individuals of German and Jewish heritage.
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B.
Gulden
The Gulden was a historical European gold-based coin and monetary unit used in various German states, including Hesse-Kassel, before the adoption of more modern currencies.
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C.
Neapolitan ducat
The Neapolitan ducat was a historical gold and later silver coin that served as the principal monetary unit of the Kingdom of Naples for several centuries.
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D.
The Eight
The Eight was a group of early 20th-century American painters who rebelled against academic art standards and helped pave the way for the Ashcan School and modern American art.
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E.
Cape rixdollar
The Cape rixdollar was a historical monetary unit used in the Dutch and later British-controlled Cape Colony in what is now South Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish colonial coin
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historical currency ⓘ silver coin ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
eight-real coin
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peso de ocho ⓘ real de a ocho ⓘ
linked to:
peso de ocho
|
| associatedWith |
Age of Sail
ⓘ
colonial economies ⓘ piracy ⓘ privateering ⓘ |
| circulatedAs |
global trade coin
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world currency standard ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| denomination | 8 reales ⓘ |
| depictedOn |
Spanish royal coat of arms
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linked to:
Spanish royal arms
|
| featuredIn |
nautical literature
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pirate folklore ⓘ treasure legends ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese yuan
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Japanese yen ⓘ Philippine peso ⓘ United States dollar ⓘ
linked to:
US dollar
various Latin American currencies ⓘ |
| legalTenderIn |
Spanish Empire
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Spanish colonies in the Americas ⓘ early United States ⓘ some British colonies ⓘ |
| material | silver ⓘ |
| mintedBy | Spanish mints in the Americas ⓘ |
| mintedIn |
Lima Mint
ⓘ
Mexico City Mint ⓘ
linked to:
Casa de Moneda de México
Potosí Mint ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Mint of Potosí
Seville Mint ⓘ |
| officialName | Spanish dollar ⓘ |
| replacedBy | modern national currencies ⓘ |
| standardPurity | high silver fineness ⓘ |
| standardWeight | approximately 27 grams ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Asian trade
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Atlantic trade ⓘ Caribbean trade ⓘ European trade ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ Spanish colonies in the Americas ⓘ international trade ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod |
16th century
ⓘ
17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: piece of eight Description of subject: A piece of eight is a historic Spanish silver coin, widely used in international trade from the 16th to 19th centuries and often associated with piracy and colonial economies.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: piece of eight