Genoese lira
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The Genoese lira was the historical monetary unit used in the Republic of Genoa, a major medieval and early modern maritime and financial power in what is now Italy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Genoese lira canonical | 3 |
| Ligurian lira | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2016453 — 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: Genoese lira Context triple: [Republic of Genoa, currency, Genoese lira]
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A.
Modenese lira
The Modenese lira was the historical currency used in the Duchy of Modena in northern Italy before its integration into the modern Italian monetary system.
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B.
Venetian lira (old)
The Venetian lira (old) was the historical currency of the Republic of Venice, used for centuries in trade and finance until the fall of the republic and subsequent monetary reforms.
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C.
Tuscan florin
The Tuscan florin was a historical gold coin used in Tuscany, influential in medieval European trade and finance.
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D.
Napoleonic Italian lira
The Napoleonic Italian lira was the currency introduced in parts of Italy under Napoleon’s rule in the early 19th century, modeled on the French franc and later replaced by the unified Kingdom of Italy’s lira.
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E.
Lombardy–Venetia florin
The Lombardy–Venetia florin was a 19th-century currency used in the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia under Austrian rule before being superseded by the Italian lira.
- 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: Genoese lira Target entity description: The Genoese lira was the historical monetary unit used in the Republic of Genoa, a major medieval and early modern maritime and financial power in what is now Italy.
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A.
Modenese lira
The Modenese lira was the historical currency used in the Duchy of Modena in northern Italy before its integration into the modern Italian monetary system.
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B.
Venetian lira (old)
The Venetian lira (old) was the historical currency of the Republic of Venice, used for centuries in trade and finance until the fall of the republic and subsequent monetary reforms.
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C.
Tuscan florin
The Tuscan florin was a historical gold coin used in Tuscany, influential in medieval European trade and finance.
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D.
Napoleonic Italian lira
The Napoleonic Italian lira was the currency introduced in parts of Italy under Napoleon’s rule in the early 19th century, modeled on the French franc and later replaced by the unified Kingdom of Italy’s lira.
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E.
Lombardy–Venetia florin
The Lombardy–Venetia florin was a 19th-century currency used in the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia under Austrian rule before being superseded by the Italian lira.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former monetary unit
ⓘ
historical currency ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bank of Saint George
ⓘ
surface form:
Genoese Bank of Saint George
Genoese banking innovations ⓘ Genoese commercial expansion ⓘ Genoese financial markets ⓘ |
| country | Republic of Genoa ⓘ |
| currencyOf | Republic of Genoa ⓘ |
| denominationType |
accounting unit
ⓘ
coin ⓘ |
| economicRole |
basis of Genoese public debt accounting
ⓘ
unit of account in Mediterranean trade ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Genoese maritime and financial power ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Italian maritime republics
ⓘ
surface form:
Maritime Republics of Italy
|
| historicalStatus | obsolete ⓘ |
| influencedBy | medieval Italian monetary systems ⓘ |
| language |
Italian
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| monetarySystem | lira–soldi–denaro system ⓘ |
| partOf | European pre-modern monetary systems ⓘ |
| region | northwestern Italy ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Tuscan florin
ⓘ
surface form:
Florentine florin
Pisan currency ⓘ Venetian lira (old) ⓘ
surface form:
Venetian lira
|
| replacedBy | Italian lira ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| subunit |
denaro
ⓘ
soldi ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Middle Ages
ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Genoese banking system
ⓘ
Genoese colonies in Crimea ⓘ
surface form:
Genoese colonies
Republic of Genoa ⓘ
surface form:
Genoese government
Genoese merchants ⓘ Genoese navy ⓘ Republic of Genoa ⓘ
surface form:
Genoese state
|
| usedFor |
international payments
ⓘ
public finance ⓘ taxation ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Genoa
ⓘ
Italian Peninsula ⓘ Liguria ⓘ Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Mediterranean region
Republic of Genoa ⓘ |
| usedUntil | 19th century ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Genoese lira Description of subject: The Genoese lira was the historical monetary unit used in the Republic of Genoa, a major medieval and early modern maritime and financial power in what is now Italy.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ligurian lira