Catalan pound

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The Catalan pound was the historical monetary unit used in medieval and early modern Catalonia before the adoption of more centralized Spanish currencies.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Catalan pound canonical 2
Mallorcan pound 2
Valencian pound 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical currency
medieval currency
continent Europe
country Principality of Catalonia
currencyOf medieval Catalonia
denominationSystem 1 pound = 20 sous
1 sou = 12 diners
historicalContext pre-centralization of Spanish monetary system
historicalRelation Aragonese pound
Mallorcan pound
linked to: Catalan pound

Valencian pound
linked to: Catalan pound
language Catalan
monetaryAuthority Crown of Aragon
institutions of the Principality of Catalonia
region Northeastern Iberian Peninsula
linked to: Northeastern Spain
replacedBy Spanish peseta
Spanish real
scriptUsed Latin alphabet
status obsolete
subunit diners
sou
subunitOf Catalan pound
sou
sou
usedFor accounting unit
taxation
trade
usedIn Catalonia
Crown of Aragon
usedInPeriod Middle Ages
early modern period

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Principality of Catalonia currency Catalan pound
Kingdom of Majorca currency Mallorcan pound
linked to: Catalan pound
sou subunitOf Catalan pound
subject linked to: Catalan pound
Catalan pound historicalRelation Valencian pound
linked to: Catalan pound
Catalan pound historicalRelation Mallorcan pound
linked to: Catalan pound