formerCurrency

P3071
predicate

Indicates that an entity was once used as a currency in a place or time period but is no longer in official use.

All labels observed (20)

Label Occurrences
formerCurrency canonical 24
formerCurrencyOf 6
becameCurrencyOf 4

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: formerCurrency
Generated description
Indicates that an entity was once used as a currency in a place or time period but is no longer in official use.

Sample triples (58)

Subject Object
Italy Italian lira
Deutsche Mark 2002-02-28 via predicate surface "legalTenderEnded"
Cyprus Cypriot pound
Finland Finnish markka
Deutsche Mark
linked to: DM
Federal Republic of Germany via predicate surface "becameCurrencyOf"
linked to: West Germany
Deutsche Mark
linked to: DM
West Berlin via predicate surface "becameCurrencyOf"
Deutsche Mark
linked to: DM
unified Germany via predicate surface "becameCurrencyOf"
Deutsche Mark
linked to: DM
East Germany via predicate surface "becameCurrencyOf"
Deutsche Mark
linked to: DM
2002-02-28 via predicate surface "legalTenderEnded"
Latvia Latvian lats
Lithuania litas
Croatia Croatian kuna
Ecuadorian sucre Ecuador via predicate surface "formerCurrencyOf"
ZWD Republic of Zimbabwe via predicate surface "formerCurrencyOf"
linked to: Zimbabwe
Florence Florin
linked to: Tuscan florin
NLG Netherlands via predicate surface "wasNationalCurrencyCodeOf"
Ceylon rupee Ceylon via predicate surface "formerOfficialCurrencyOf"
linked to: Sri Lanka
Ceylon rupee British Ceylon via predicate surface "formerOfficialCurrencyOf"
Cypriot pound Cyprus via predicate surface "formerCurrencyOf"
National Bank of Slovakia Slovak koruna via predicate surface "formerCurrencyIssued"
Austrians Austrian schilling via predicate surface "previousCurrencyCountry"
Spanish peseta Spain via predicate surface "wasNationalCurrencyOf"
Unified Germany
linked to: unified Germany
Deutsche Mark
Ubangi-Shari CFA franc
State of Berlin Deutsche Mark
Tunisian franc Tunisia via predicate surface "formerNationalCurrencyOf"
Latvian lats yes via predicate surface "usedBeforeEuro"
Independence of Tanganyika East African shilling via predicate surface "currencyAtIndependence"
Iranian toman rial in 1932 via predicate surface "replacedAsOfficialCurrencyBy"
ECS Ecuador via predicate surface "formerNationalCurrencyOf"
Berbice Dutch guilder
Berbice British pound sterling
linked to: Pound sterling
Malta
linked to: MTL
Maltese lira
Malta
linked to: Lm
Maltese lira
Italian Republic Italian lira
Quezaltepeque, La Libertad, El Salvador Salvadoran colón
Crikvenica Croatian kuna via predicate surface "previousCurrencyUsed"
French franc (in French Somaliland) Djibouti via predicate surface "formerCurrencyOf"
Republic of Croatia Croatian kuna
Angolan escudo Angola via predicate surface "formerCurrencyOf"
XEU 1999-01-01 via predicate surface "ceasedToBeLegalReferenceCurrency"
LTL Lithuania via predicate surface "historicalCurrencyOf" NERFINISHED
Costa Rican peso Costa Rica via predicate surface "formerCurrencyOf" NERFINISHED
Modern Greek state Greek drachma NERFINISHED
Vrbnik Croatian kuna NERFINISHED
Lumbarda Croatian kuna via predicate surface "previousCurrencyUsed" NERFINISHED
SIT Slovenia via predicate surface "formerNationalCurrencyOf" NERFINISHED
Šišan Croatian kuna NERFINISHED
Kreis Apolda East German mark via predicate surface "usedCurrencyDuringExistence" NERFINISHED
Saint Pierre Island French franc NERFINISHED