Jamaican pound
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The Jamaican pound was the former official currency of Jamaica, used during the colonial and early post-colonial period before the adoption of the Jamaican dollar.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jamaican pound canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2337962 — 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: Jamaican pound Context triple: [Jamaican dollar, replacedCurrency, Jamaican pound]
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A.
Jamaican dollar
The Jamaican dollar is the official monetary unit of Jamaica, used for all everyday transactions and financial operations within the country.
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B.
Bermudian pound
The Bermudian pound was the former currency of Bermuda, used when the territory followed the British sterling system before adopting the Bermudian dollar.
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C.
Bermudian dollar
The Bermudian dollar is the official currency of Bermuda, pegged at par with the U.S. dollar and commonly used interchangeably with it on the islands.
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D.
Barbadian dollar
The Barbadian dollar is the official currency of Barbados, pegged to the US dollar and used for all domestic financial transactions on the island.
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E.
British West Indies dollar
The British West Indies dollar was a regional colonial currency used in several British Caribbean territories before being replaced by their modern national currencies.
- 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: Jamaican pound Target entity description: The Jamaican pound was the former official currency of Jamaica, used during the colonial and early post-colonial period before the adoption of the Jamaican dollar.
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A.
Jamaican dollar
The Jamaican dollar is the official monetary unit of Jamaica, used for all everyday transactions and financial operations within the country.
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B.
Bermudian pound
The Bermudian pound was the former currency of Bermuda, used when the territory followed the British sterling system before adopting the Bermudian dollar.
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C.
Bermudian dollar
The Bermudian dollar is the official currency of Bermuda, pegged at par with the U.S. dollar and commonly used interchangeably with it on the islands.
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D.
Barbadian dollar
The Barbadian dollar is the official currency of Barbados, pegged to the US dollar and used for all domestic financial transactions on the island.
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E.
British West Indies dollar
The British West Indies dollar was a regional colonial currency used in several British Caribbean territories before being replaced by their modern national currencies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former currency
ⓘ
historical currency ⓘ |
| category |
Currencies of Jamaica
ⓘ
Obsolete currencies ⓘ |
| conversionRateToSuccessor |
1 Jamaican dollar = 10 shillings
ⓘ
2 Jamaican dollars = 1 Jamaican pound ⓘ |
| country | Jamaica ⓘ |
| currencyOf | British colony of Jamaica ⓘ |
| denominations |
banknotes
ⓘ
coins ⓘ |
| denominationSystem | pounds, shillings and pence ⓘ |
| historicalContext | transition from colonial to independent Jamaica ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
trade in colonial Jamaica
ⓘ
wages in colonial Jamaica ⓘ |
| ISO4217Status | obsolete ⓘ |
| legalTender | Jamaica ⓘ |
| linkedTo | British monetary system ⓘ |
| monetaryAuthority |
Bank of Jamaica
ⓘ
Government of Jamaica ⓘ |
| monetarySystem | £sd system ⓘ |
| officialCurrencyOf | Jamaica ⓘ |
| peggedTo |
Pound sterling
ⓘ
surface form:
pound sterling
|
| reasonForReplacement | decimalisation of Jamaican currency system ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| replaced | Jamaican dollar in 1969 ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Jamaican dollar ⓘ |
| status | no longer in circulation ⓘ |
| subunit |
penny
ⓘ
shilling ⓘ |
| subunitRatio |
1 pound = 20 shillings
ⓘ
1 shilling = 12 pence ⓘ |
| successorCurrency | Jamaican dollar ⓘ |
| successorSubunit | Jamaican cent ⓘ |
| symbol | £ ⓘ |
| usedBy | Government of Jamaica ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
colonial period of Jamaica
ⓘ
early post-colonial period of Jamaica ⓘ |
| usedFor |
domestic transactions in Jamaica
ⓘ
government accounting in Jamaica ⓘ |
| usedIn | Jamaica ⓘ |
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Subject: Jamaican pound Description of subject: The Jamaican pound was the former official currency of Jamaica, used during the colonial and early post-colonial period before the adoption of the Jamaican dollar.
Referenced by (3)
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