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 |
|---|---|
| Russian ruble (Empire) | historical currency |
| Somali shilling | currency |
| tanka | monetary unit |
| Fijian dollar | currency |
| Silver Certificate | United States paper currency |
| Mozambican metical | currency |
| Spanish real | historical currency |
| Spanish peseta | former national currency |
| Bermudian dollar | currency |
| QAR | currency |
| Djiboutian franc | currency |
| Rifian peseta | historical currency |
| Polish marka | — |
| Slovak koruna | — |
| Nepalese rupee | currency |
| Hawaiian dollar | historical currency |
| Catalan pound | historical currency |
| Bikaner rupee | historical currency |
| Franc | Former currency unit |
| lari | currency |
| Transcaucasian ruble | historical currency |
| Angolan kwanza | currency |
| Malaysian ringgit | currency |
| Finnish markka | former national currency |
| Dholpur rupee | historical currency |
| Galactic Credit Standard | monetary unit |
| Gambian pound | — |
| kyat | currency |
| Bechuanaland Protectorate pound | — |
| Lesotho loti | currency |
| pound (unit of currency) | currency unit |
| Papua New Guinean kina | currency |
| Guldengroschen | historical currency |
| Merovingian denier | monetary unit |
| United States dollar (North Carolina dollar at par with Spanish dollar) | historical currency arrangement |
|
real
surface form:
Portuguese real
|
historical currency |
|
cruzeiro real (CR$)
surface form:
cruzeiro real
|
former national currency |
| temporary unit of account (URV) | transitional currency |
| cruzado | former Brazilian currency |
| won | currency |
| cruzeiro | former national currency |
| Kenyan shilling | currency |
| gold yuan | currency |
|
dola Kuki Airani
surface form:
Dola Kuki Airani
|
currency |
| Reichsmark | historical currency |
| Pfennig | former German coin |
| European Currency Unit | predecessor of the euro |
| Papal scudo | historical currency |
|
euro (indirectly, via later French franc)
surface form:
euro
|
currency |
| Greek drachma (Latin Monetary Union) | member currency of the Latin Monetary Union |