Seville Mint
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The Seville Mint was a major Spanish colonial-era mint in Seville that produced large quantities of silver coinage, including the famous Spanish dollar or "piece of eight," for global trade.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Casa de la Moneda de Sevilla | 1 |
| Seville Mint canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6548588 — 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: Seville Mint Context triple: [piece of eight, mintedIn, Seville Mint]
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A.
Royal Mint of Spain
The Royal Mint of Spain is the national institution responsible for producing Spain’s coins and banknotes, famously depicted as the primary heist target in the television series "Money Heist."
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B.
La Peseta
La Peseta is a Madrid Metro station on Line 11 serving the La Peseta neighborhood in the Carabanchel district of Madrid, Spain.
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C.
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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D.
Tolar Grande
Tolar Grande is a small remote village in Argentina’s Salta Province, known as a gateway to high-altitude Andean deserts and salt flats.
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E.
Spanish escudo
The Spanish escudo was Spain’s former national currency used for several centuries before being succeeded by the peseta.
- 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: Seville Mint Target entity description: The Seville Mint was a major Spanish colonial-era mint in Seville that produced large quantities of silver coinage, including the famous Spanish dollar or "piece of eight," for global trade.
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A.
Royal Mint of Spain
The Royal Mint of Spain is the national institution responsible for producing Spain’s coins and banknotes, famously depicted as the primary heist target in the television series "Money Heist."
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B.
La Peseta
La Peseta is a Madrid Metro station on Line 11 serving the La Peseta neighborhood in the Carabanchel district of Madrid, Spain.
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C.
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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D.
Tolar Grande
Tolar Grande is a small remote village in Argentina’s Salta Province, known as a gateway to high-altitude Andean deserts and salt flats.
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E.
Spanish escudo
The Spanish escudo was Spain’s former national currency used for several centuries before being succeeded by the peseta.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial-era mint
ⓘ
mint ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Casa de la Moneda de Sevilla
ⓘ
linked to:
Seville Mint
|
| associatedWith |
Spanish Empire
ⓘ
Spanish colonial trade ⓘ transatlantic silver flows ⓘ |
| city | Seville ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| currencyProduced |
Spanish dollar
ⓘ
piece of eight ⓘ silver reales ⓘ |
| era | Spanish colonial era ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
central hub for coining New World silver
ⓘ
important node in early modern global monetary system ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Andalusia
ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Seville ⓘ |
| material | silver ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Spanish Crown
ⓘ
linked to:
Crown of Spain
Spanish monarchy ⓘ |
| productType |
bullion coinage
ⓘ
silver coinage ⓘ |
| significance |
key source of Spanish dollars for international commerce
ⓘ
major producer of Spanish silver coinage ⓘ |
| usedFor |
American trade
ⓘ
Asian trade ⓘ Atlantic trade ⓘ European trade ⓘ global trade ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Seville Mint Description of subject: The Seville Mint was a major Spanish colonial-era mint in Seville that produced large quantities of silver coinage, including the famous Spanish dollar or "piece of eight," for global trade.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Seville Mint