Guyanese dollar
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The Guyanese dollar is the official currency of Guyana, used for all monetary transactions within the country.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guyanese dollar canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T466620 — 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: Guyanese dollar Context triple: [British West Indies dollar, replacedBy, Guyanese dollar]
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A.
Trinidad and Tobago dollar
The Trinidad and Tobago dollar is the official currency of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, used for all monetary transactions in the twin-island Caribbean nation.
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B.
Barbadian dollar
The Barbadian dollar is the official currency of Barbados, pegged to the US dollar and used for all domestic financial transactions on the island.
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C.
Jamaican dollar
The Jamaican dollar is the official monetary unit of Jamaica, used for all everyday transactions and financial operations within the country.
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D.
Bermudian dollar
The Bermudian dollar is the official currency of Bermuda, pegged at par with the U.S. dollar and commonly used interchangeably with it on the islands.
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E.
British West Indies dollar
The British West Indies dollar was a regional colonial currency used in several British Caribbean territories before being replaced by their modern national currencies.
- 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: Guyanese dollar Target entity description: The Guyanese dollar is the official currency of Guyana, used for all monetary transactions within the country.
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A.
Trinidad and Tobago dollar
The Trinidad and Tobago dollar is the official currency of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, used for all monetary transactions in the twin-island Caribbean nation.
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B.
Barbadian dollar
The Barbadian dollar is the official currency of Barbados, pegged to the US dollar and used for all domestic financial transactions on the island.
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C.
Jamaican dollar
The Jamaican dollar is the official monetary unit of Jamaica, used for all everyday transactions and financial operations within the country.
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D.
Bermudian dollar
The Bermudian dollar is the official currency of Bermuda, pegged at par with the U.S. dollar and commonly used interchangeably with it on the islands.
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E.
British West Indies dollar
The British West Indies dollar was a regional colonial currency used in several British Caribbean territories before being replaced by their modern national currencies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | currency ⓘ |
| centralBank | Bank of Guyana ⓘ |
| country |
Guyana
ⓘ
linked to:
British Guiana
|
| currencyOf |
Guyana
ⓘ
linked to:
British Guiana
|
| denominationType |
banknote
ⓘ
coin ⓘ |
| hasSign | G$ ⓘ |
| hasUser |
Government of Guyana
ⓘ
businesses in Guyana ⓘ residents of Guyana ⓘ |
| isDecimalCurrency | true ⓘ |
| isFiatCurrency | true ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code | GYD ⓘ |
| legalTenderIn |
Guyana
ⓘ
linked to:
British Guiana
|
| monetaryAuthority | Bank of Guyana ⓘ |
| officialCurrencyOf |
Guyana
ⓘ
linked to:
British Guiana
|
| peggedTo |
United States dollar (informally or managed)
ⓘ
linked to:
US dollar
|
| region | South America ⓘ |
| regulatingAuthority | Bank of Guyana ⓘ |
| subunit | cent ⓘ |
| subunitToUnit | 100 ⓘ |
| symbol | $ ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cash transactions in Guyana
ⓘ
domestic bank accounts in Guyana ⓘ electronic payments in Guyana ⓘ government budgeting in Guyana ⓘ monetary transactions in Guyana ⓘ pricing of goods and services in Guyana ⓘ tax payments in Guyana ⓘ wages and salaries in Guyana ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Guyana
ⓘ
linked to:
British Guiana
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Guyanese dollar Description of subject: The Guyanese dollar is the official currency of Guyana, used for all monetary transactions within the country.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.