rigsdaler

E376765

historical currency silver-based monetary unit

The rigsdaler was a historical silver-based monetary unit used for several centuries in the joint kingdom of Denmark–Norway and related Scandinavian realms.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
rigsdaler courant	2
rigsdaler canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3644935 — 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: rigsdaler
Context triple: [Denmark–Norway, currency, rigsdaler]

A. Rødenes
Rødenes is a small village and former municipality in southeastern Norway, known for its rural landscape and historic church.
B. Solbo
Solbo is a locality within Botkyrka Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden.
C. Flørli
Flørli is a small, roadless village in Norway’s Lysefjord best known for its historic hydropower station and one of the world’s longest wooden stairways, with 4,444 steps climbing the mountainside.
D. Råde
Råde is a municipality in Viken county in southeastern Norway, known for its rural landscape and proximity to the city of Sarpsborg.
E. Odelsting
The Odelsting was one of the two former chambers of the Norwegian Parliament, historically responsible for initiating and passing most legislation before Norway adopted a unicameral system.
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: rigsdaler
Target entity description: The rigsdaler was a historical silver-based monetary unit used for several centuries in the joint kingdom of Denmark–Norway and related Scandinavian realms.

A. Rødenes
Rødenes is a small village and former municipality in southeastern Norway, known for its rural landscape and historic church.
B. Solbo
Solbo is a locality within Botkyrka Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden.
C. Flørli
Flørli is a small, roadless village in Norway’s Lysefjord best known for its historic hydropower station and one of the world’s longest wooden stairways, with 4,444 steps climbing the mountainside.
D. Råde
Råde is a municipality in Viken county in southeastern Norway, known for its rural landscape and proximity to the city of Sarpsborg.
E. Odelsting
The Odelsting was one of the two former chambers of the Norwegian Parliament, historically responsible for initiating and passing most legislation before Norway adopted a unicameral system.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical currency ⓘ silver-based monetary unit ⓘ
category	Danish currency history ⓘ Norwegian currency history ⓘ Scandinavian monetary history ⓘ
currencyOf	Denmark–Norway ⓘ Denmark ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
denominationType	banknote ⓘ specie coin ⓘ
governingAuthority	Danish krone ⓘ surface form: Danish crown royal crown of Norway ⓘ surface form: Norwegian crown
hasVariant	rigsdaler self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: rigsdaler courant Danish rigsdaler ⓘ surface form: rigsdaler rigsmønt rigsdaler specie ⓘ
historicalRegion	Scandinavia ⓘ
historicalStatus	obsolete currency ⓘ
linguisticOrigin	derived from German "Reichsthaler" ⓘ
metalStandard	silver ⓘ
mintLocation	Copenhagen Mint ⓘ
monetaryFunction	medium of exchange ⓘ store of value ⓘ unit of account ⓘ
relatedCurrency	Reichsthaler ⓘ riksdaler ⓘ Cape rixdollar ⓘ surface form: rixdollar
replacedBy	Danish krone ⓘ Norwegian krone ⓘ
scriptOnCoins	Danish ⓘ Latin ⓘ
subdividedInto	mark ⓘ skilling ⓘ skilling rigsmønt ⓘ
usedFromCentury	16th century ⓘ
usedIn	U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ surface form: Danish West Indies Denmark–Norway ⓘ Faroe Islands ⓘ Greenland ⓘ Holstein ⓘ Iceland ⓘ Denmark ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of Norway ⓘ Schleswig ⓘ
usedInEconomicSystem	bimetallic and silver-standard systems in Scandinavia ⓘ
usedInPoliticalEntity	composite state of Denmark–Norway ⓘ
usedInTrade	Baltic Sea trade routes ⓘ surface form: Baltic Sea trade North Sea trade ⓘ
usedUntilCentury	19th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Denmark–Norway → currency → rigsdaler ⓘ

Danish rigsdaler → alsoKnownAs → rigsdaler ⓘ

this entity surface form: rigsdaler courant

rigsdaler → hasVariant → rigsdaler self-linksurface differs ⓘ