Portuguese Indian escudo
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UNEXPLORED
The Portuguese Indian escudo was the official currency of Portuguese India from 1958 until the territory’s annexation by India in 1961, replacing the rupia at a fixed conversion rate.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Portuguese Indian escudo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15251914 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portuguese Indian escudo Context triple: [Portuguese Indian rupia, successorCurrencyInPortugueseIndia, Portuguese Indian escudo]
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A.
Portuguese escudo
The Portuguese escudo was Portugal’s former national currency, used from 1911 until the adoption of the euro in 1999/2002.
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B.
Portuguese Indian rupia
The Portuguese Indian rupia was the historical currency used in Portugal’s colonial territories in India until their integration into the Indian Union.
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C.
Portuguese real
The Portuguese real was the former monetary unit of Portugal, used for centuries until it was replaced by the escudo in the early 20th century.
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D.
Spanish dollar
The Spanish dollar was a widely circulated silver coin that became a de facto global currency from the 16th to 19th centuries, heavily used in international trade across Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
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E.
Aragonese florin
The Aragonese florin was a medieval gold coin used in the Crown of Aragon, modeled on the Florentine florin and important in Mediterranean trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portuguese Indian escudo Target entity description: The Portuguese Indian escudo was the official currency of Portuguese India from 1958 until the territory’s annexation by India in 1961, replacing the rupia at a fixed conversion rate.
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A.
Portuguese escudo
The Portuguese escudo was Portugal’s former national currency, used from 1911 until the adoption of the euro in 1999/2002.
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B.
Portuguese Indian rupia
The Portuguese Indian rupia was the historical currency used in Portugal’s colonial territories in India until their integration into the Indian Union.
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C.
Portuguese real
The Portuguese real was the former monetary unit of Portugal, used for centuries until it was replaced by the escudo in the early 20th century.
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D.
Spanish dollar
The Spanish dollar was a widely circulated silver coin that became a de facto global currency from the 16th to 19th centuries, heavily used in international trade across Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
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E.
Aragonese florin
The Aragonese florin was a medieval gold coin used in the Crown of Aragon, modeled on the Florentine florin and important in Mediterranean trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.