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.

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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
linked to: Ecuadorian sucre (former currency code ECS)
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
linked to: Ubangi-Shari territory
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 ⓘ
linked to: Salvadoran colón (historically)
Crikvenica Croatian kuna via predicate surface "previousCurrencyUsed" ⓘ
French franc (in French Somaliland) Djibouti via predicate surface "formerCurrencyOf" ⓘ
Republic of Croatia
linked to: independent 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" ⓘ
Costa Rican peso Costa Rica via predicate surface "formerCurrencyOf" ⓘ
Modern Greek state Greek drachma ⓘ
linked to: Greek drachma (Latin Monetary Union)
Vrbnik Croatian kuna ⓘ
Lumbarda Croatian kuna via predicate surface "previousCurrencyUsed" ⓘ
SIT Slovenia via predicate surface "formerNationalCurrencyOf" ⓘ
Šišan Croatian kuna ⓘ
Kreis Apolda East German mark via predicate surface "usedCurrencyDuringExistence" ⓘ
Saint Pierre Island French franc ⓘ
linked to: French franc (local issues)