Spanish escudo
E349790
The Spanish escudo was Spain’s former national currency used for several centuries before being succeeded by the peseta.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spanish escudo canonical | 2 |
| Castilian escudo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3340168 — 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: Spanish escudo Context triple: [Spanish peseta, replacedCurrency, Spanish escudo]
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A.
Portuguese escudo
The Portuguese escudo was Portugal’s former national currency, used from 1911 until the adoption of the euro in 1999/2002.
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B.
Spanish dollar
The Spanish dollar was a widely circulated silver coin that became a de facto global currency from the 16th to 19th centuries, heavily used in international trade across Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
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C.
Castilian real
The Castilian real was a historical Spanish silver coin and monetary unit widely used in Castile and later across the Spanish Empire.
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D.
Aragonese florin
The Aragonese florin was a medieval gold coin used in the Crown of Aragon, modeled on the Florentine florin and important in Mediterranean trade.
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E.
Spanish peseta
The Spanish peseta was Spain’s former national currency, used from the 19th century until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
- 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: Spanish escudo Target entity description: The Spanish escudo was Spain’s former national currency used for several centuries before being succeeded by the peseta.
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A.
Portuguese escudo
The Portuguese escudo was Portugal’s former national currency, used from 1911 until the adoption of the euro in 1999/2002.
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B.
Spanish dollar
The Spanish dollar was a widely circulated silver coin that became a de facto global currency from the 16th to 19th centuries, heavily used in international trade across Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
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C.
Castilian real
The Castilian real was a historical Spanish silver coin and monetary unit widely used in Castile and later across the Spanish Empire.
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D.
Aragonese florin
The Aragonese florin was a medieval gold coin used in the Crown of Aragon, modeled on the Florentine florin and important in Mediterranean trade.
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E.
Spanish peseta
The Spanish peseta was Spain’s former national currency, used from the 19th century until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former national currency
ⓘ
historical currency ⓘ |
| category |
Currencies of Spain
ⓘ
Gold coins ⓘ Obsolete currencies ⓘ Silver coins ⓘ |
| circulationArea |
Iberian Peninsula
ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| currencyCode | none ⓘ |
| denominationType |
gold coin
ⓘ
paper money ⓘ silver coin ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
monarch portrait
ⓘ
religious motifs ⓘ royal coat of arms ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
19th century Spain
ⓘ
Early modern period ⓘ
linked to:
Early Modern period
|
| introduced | 16th century ⓘ |
| introducedAsGoldCoin | 1566 ⓘ |
| languageOfInscription |
Latin
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| material |
gold
ⓘ
paper ⓘ silver ⓘ |
| monetaryAuthority |
Kingdom of Spain
ⓘ
Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish monarchy
|
| monetarySystemRole |
medium of exchange
ⓘ
store of value ⓘ unit of account ⓘ |
| predecessorCurrency | Spanish real ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
1868 Spanish peseta monetary reform
ⓘ
Spanish peseta ⓘ |
| subunitOf | Spanish monetary system ⓘ |
| successorCurrency | Spanish peseta ⓘ |
| symbolOf | Spanish monarchy ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday transactions
ⓘ
international commerce ⓘ tax payments ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| usedIn | Spain ⓘ |
| usedInColonies |
Caribbean colonies
ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ Spanish America ⓘ |
| usedUntil | 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: Spanish escudo Description of subject: The Spanish escudo was Spain’s former national currency used for several centuries before being succeeded by the peseta.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Spanish escudo