Catalan pound

E73815

historical currency medieval currency

The Catalan pound was the historical monetary unit used in medieval and early modern Catalonia before the adoption of more centralized Spanish currencies.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Catalan pound canonical	2
Mallorcan pound	2
Valencian pound	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T589556 — 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: Catalan pound
Context triple: [Principality of Catalonia, currency, Catalan pound]

A. Spanish peseta
The Spanish peseta was Spain’s former national currency, used from the 19th century until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
B. 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.
C. 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.
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.
E. Gibraltar pound
The Gibraltar pound is the official currency of Gibraltar, issued by the Government of Gibraltar and maintained at parity with the British pound sterling.
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: Catalan pound
Target entity description: The Catalan pound was the historical monetary unit used in medieval and early modern Catalonia before the adoption of more centralized Spanish currencies.

A. Spanish peseta
The Spanish peseta was Spain’s former national currency, used from the 19th century until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
B. 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.
C. 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.
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.
E. Gibraltar pound
The Gibraltar pound is the official currency of Gibraltar, issued by the Government of Gibraltar and maintained at parity with the British pound sterling.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical currency ⓘ medieval currency ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
currencyOf	medieval Catalonia ⓘ
denominationSystem	1 pound = 20 sous ⓘ 1 sou = 12 diners ⓘ
historicalContext	pre-centralization of Spanish monetary system ⓘ
historicalRelation	Aragonese pound ⓘ Catalan pound self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mallorcan pound Catalan pound self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Valencian pound
language	Catalan ⓘ
monetaryAuthority	Crown of Aragon ⓘ institutions of the Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
region	Northeastern Spain ⓘ surface form: Northeastern Iberian Peninsula
replacedBy	Spanish peseta ⓘ Spanish real ⓘ
scriptUsed	Latin alphabet ⓘ
status	obsolete ⓘ
subunit	diners ⓘ sou ⓘ
subunitOf	Catalan pound self-linksurface differs ⓘ sou ⓘ sou ⓘ
usedFor	accounting unit ⓘ taxation ⓘ trade ⓘ
usedIn	Catalonia ⓘ Crown of Aragon ⓘ
usedInPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ early modern period ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Principality of Catalonia → currency → Catalan pound ⓘ

Kingdom of Majorca → currency → Catalan pound ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mallorcan pound

Catalan pound → subunitOf → Catalan pound self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: sou

Catalan pound → historicalRelation → Catalan pound self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valencian pound