United States dollar (North Carolina dollar at par with Spanish dollar)
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The United States dollar (with the North Carolina dollar kept at parity with the widely used Spanish dollar) became the standard currency that superseded the colonial North Carolina pound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States dollar (North Carolina dollar at par with Spanish dollar) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T640150 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: United States dollar (North Carolina dollar at par with Spanish dollar) Context triple: [North Carolina pound, replacedBy, United States dollar (North Carolina dollar at par with Spanish dollar)]
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A.
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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B.
Confederate States dollar
The Confederate States dollar was the paper money issued by the secessionist Southern government during the American Civil War, now chiefly remembered as a symbol of the Confederacy and a collectible historical currency.
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C.
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.
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D.
United States Note
A United States Note was a form of U.S. government-issued paper currency, distinct from Federal Reserve Notes, that circulated as legal tender from the 19th century until its phase-out in the late 20th century.
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E.
South Carolina pound
The South Carolina pound was a colonial-era currency used in the Province of South Carolina before the adoption of the U.S. dollar.
- 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: United States dollar (North Carolina dollar at par with Spanish dollar) Target entity description: The United States dollar (with the North Carolina dollar kept at parity with the widely used Spanish dollar) became the standard currency that superseded the colonial North Carolina pound.
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A.
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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B.
Confederate States dollar
The Confederate States dollar was the paper money issued by the secessionist Southern government during the American Civil War, now chiefly remembered as a symbol of the Confederacy and a collectible historical currency.
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C.
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.
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D.
United States Note
A United States Note was a form of U.S. government-issued paper currency, distinct from Federal Reserve Notes, that circulated as legal tender from the 19th century until its phase-out in the late 20th century.
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E.
South Carolina pound
The South Carolina pound was a colonial-era currency used in the Province of South Carolina before the adoption of the U.S. dollar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historical currency arrangement ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Province of North Carolina
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North Carolina ⓘ
surface form:
State of North Carolina
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| basedOn |
Spanish dollar
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surface form:
Spanish milled dollar
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| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| currencyOf |
North Carolina
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surface form:
North Carolina (after independence)
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| denominationName | dollar ⓘ |
| follows | Spanish dollar ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post‑colonial monetary reform in the United States ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late 18th century monetary reforms ⓘ |
| implementedAs | replacement for colonial North Carolina pound ⓘ |
| influencedBy | widespread use of Spanish dollar in the Americas ⓘ |
| legalStatus | standard currency in North Carolina ⓘ |
| monetaryStandard | decimal currency system ⓘ |
| parityWith | Spanish dollar ⓘ |
| reformGoal |
alignment with federal United States dollar system
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standardization of currency in North Carolina ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| replaced | North Carolina pound ⓘ |
| replacedCurrency | North Carolina pound ⓘ |
| subunit | cent ⓘ |
| subunitToUnitRatio | 100 cent = 1 dollar ⓘ |
| superseded | colonial North Carolina pound ⓘ |
| transitionFrom | colonial pound system ⓘ |
| usesUnit | dollar ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: United States dollar (North Carolina dollar at par with Spanish dollar) Description of subject: The United States dollar (with the North Carolina dollar kept at parity with the widely used Spanish dollar) became the standard currency that superseded the colonial North Carolina pound.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
North Carolina pound
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replacedBy
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United States dollar (North Carolina dollar at par with Spanish dollar)
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