former currency
C1004
concept
A former currency is a type of money that was once officially issued and used as legal tender by a country or region but has since been replaced or discontinued.
All labels observed (36)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| currency | 165 |
| historical currency | 151 |
| former currency canonical | 83 |
| monetary unit | 31 |
| former national currency | 28 |
| colonial currency | 16 |
| currency unit | 7 |
| former monetary unit | 6 |
| transitional currency | 5 |
| former currency unit | 3 |
| United States paper currency | 2 |
| former currency of Colombia | 2 |
| Austro-Hungarian currency | 1 |
| Dutch currency unit | 1 |
| Former currency unit | 1 |
| German currency | 1 |
| Spanish monetary unit | 1 |
| dollar-denominated currency | 1 |
| form of United States paper currency | 1 |
| former Brazilian currency | 1 |
| former French monetary unit | 1 |
| former German coin | 1 |
| former currency of Denmark | 1 |
| former currency of Germany | 1 |
| former currency of Haiti | 1 |
| former currency of Portuguese India | 1 |
| former currency of Sri Lanka | 1 |
| former currency of Switzerland | 1 |
| former currency of Venezuela | 1 |
| former national currency of Sweden | 1 |
| former official currency | 1 |
| historical currency arrangement | 1 |
| historical unit of currency | 1 |
| member currency of the Latin Monetary Union | 1 |
| pound-denominated currency | 1 |
| predecessor of the euro | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: former currency
Generated description
A former currency is a type of money that was once officially issued and used as legal tender by a country or region but has since been replaced or discontinued.
Instances (403)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| rupee | currency unit |
| Aden rupee | — |
| South Arabian dinar of the Federation of South Arabia | currency |
| ouguiya | currency |
|
managed by Central Bank of Somalia
surface form:
Somali shilling
|
currency |
| Venezuelan peso | historical currency |
| Somali somalo | — |
| Fijian pound | — |
|
riyal
surface form:
Saudi riyal
|
currency |
| Somalo | currency |
| Spanish escudo | former national currency |
| satoshi | monetary unit |
| Mozambican escudo | — |
| French franc (in French Somaliland) | colonial currency |
| Gulf rupee | currency |
| Portuguese real | — |
| Mohar (historical currency of Nepal) | historical currency |
| Portuguese Indian rupia | historical currency |
| Gold Certificate | form of United States paper currency |
| Angolan escudo | — |
| Mexican real | historical currency |
| Gwalior rupee | historical currency |
| Dutch rijksdaalder | Dutch currency unit |
| Porbandar kori | historical currency |
|
NT
surface form:
New Taiwan dollar
|
currency |
| rigsdaler | historical currency |
| Old Taiwan dollar | — |
| Ceylon rupee | — |
| Liberian dollar | currency |
| Canadian pound | — |
| Travancore rupee | historical currency |
| Burmese rupee | — |
| Goldmark | historical currency |
| Luxembourgish franc | former national currency |
| Kreuzer | historical currency |
| Straits dollar | historical currency |
| East African shilling | historical currency |
| Sikh gold mohur | historical currency |
| TND | currency |
| Sudanese dinar | — |
| Chinese Soviet dollar | historical currency |
| Zimbabwean dollar | former national currency |
| Tajikistani ruble | — |
| Swiss franc | currency |
| euro | currency |
| Jordanian dinar | currency |
| Saxon thaler | monetary unit |
| Protectorate koruna | currency |
| Latvian rublis | transitional currency |
| Costa Rican peso | — |