Gold Certificate
E3646
A Gold Certificate was a form of U.S. paper currency once redeemable in gold coin and used primarily in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gold Certificate canonical | 3 |
| Gold Certificates | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T31535 — 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: Gold Certificate Context triple: [United States twenty-dollar bill reverse (historical designs), usedOn, Gold Certificate]
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A.
Crown
The Crown is the institution representing the British monarchy and the executive authority of the state, distinct from Parliament and the judiciary.
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B.
Congressional Gold Medal
The Congressional Gold Medal is one of the highest civilian honors in the United States, awarded by Congress to individuals or groups who have performed outstanding acts of service or achievement for the nation.
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C.
Public Welfare Medal
The Public Welfare Medal is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences for distinguished contributions in the application of science to the public good.
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D.
Coinage Act of 1792
The Coinage Act of 1792 was a foundational United States law that created the national mint system and defined the country’s monetary structure, including its standard units, metal content, and coin denominations.
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E.
Carnegie Hero Fund
The Carnegie Hero Fund is a philanthropic organization that recognizes and financially supports individuals who perform extraordinary acts of civilian heroism.
- 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: Gold Certificate Target entity description: A Gold Certificate was a form of U.S. paper currency once redeemable in gold coin and used primarily in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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A.
Crown
The Crown is the institution representing the British monarchy and the executive authority of the state, distinct from Parliament and the judiciary.
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B.
Congressional Gold Medal
The Congressional Gold Medal is one of the highest civilian honors in the United States, awarded by Congress to individuals or groups who have performed outstanding acts of service or achievement for the nation.
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C.
Public Welfare Medal
The Public Welfare Medal is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences for distinguished contributions in the application of science to the public good.
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D.
Coinage Act of 1792
The Coinage Act of 1792 was a foundational United States law that created the national mint system and defined the country’s monetary structure, including its standard units, metal content, and coin denominations.
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E.
Carnegie Hero Fund
The Carnegie Hero Fund is a philanthropic organization that recognizes and financially supports individuals who perform extraordinary acts of civilian heroism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
form of United States paper currency
ⓘ
representative money ⓘ |
| backedBy | gold ⓘ |
| backingLocation | gold held in the U.S. Treasury ⓘ |
| circulationType | paper currency ⓘ |
| circulationUsers |
banks
ⓘ
general public (in some periods) ⓘ large commercial enterprises ⓘ |
| collectorField | numismatics ⓘ |
| collectorStatus | highly collectible ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| denominatedIn |
United States dollar
ⓘ
linked to:
US dollar
|
| denominationRange | various denominations including high-value notes ⓘ |
| designFeature |
denominations printed in large numerals
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gold-colored elements on some issues ⓘ portraits of notable American figures ⓘ |
| faceValue | denominated in dollars equal to the gold claim ⓘ |
| historicalContext | issued during periods when the U.S. operated on a gold standard ⓘ |
| introduced | 1860s ⓘ |
| issuedBy |
United States Treasury
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of the Treasury
|
| legalStatus | once redeemable in gold coin ⓘ |
| legalTenderStatusAfter1933 |
no longer redeemable in gold
ⓘ
remained legal to hold only for certain uses until later changes ⓘ |
| monetaryPolicyImpact | part of gold-backed currency system prior to 1933 ⓘ |
| monetaryRole |
circulating medium of exchange
ⓘ
claim on gold held by the U.S. government ⓘ |
| purpose |
to facilitate gold-backed transactions
ⓘ
to represent ownership of gold held by the U.S. Treasury ⓘ |
| redeemabilityEnded | 1933 ⓘ |
| redeemabilityEndedReason | United States abandonment of the domestic gold standard ⓘ |
| redeemabilityEndedUnder |
Franklin D. Roosevelt administration
ⓘ
linked to:
Roosevelt administration
|
| redeemableAt |
U.S. Treasury
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of the Treasury
sub-treasury offices ⓘ |
| redeemableFor | gold coin ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Federal Reserve Note
ⓘ
Silver Certificate ⓘ United States Gold Standard ⓘ
linked to:
Bretton Woods system
United States Note ⓘ |
| riskDuringCirculation | subject to confiscation after gold recall orders in 1933 ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
distinctive paper and printing techniques
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serial numbers ⓘ signatures of Treasury officials ⓘ |
| statusToday |
may have value as a collectible above face value
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no longer issued ⓘ not redeemable in gold ⓘ |
| usedPrimarilyInPeriod |
early 20th century
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late 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: Gold Certificate Description of subject: A Gold Certificate was a form of U.S. paper currency once redeemable in gold coin and used primarily in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gold Certificate