De Javasche Bank
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De Javasche Bank was the central bank of the Dutch East Indies, serving as the colonial-era monetary authority before being succeeded by Bank Indonesia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| De Javasche Bank canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1850439 — 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: De Javasche Bank Context triple: [Bank Indonesia, predecessor, De Javasche Bank]
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A.
De Nederlandsche Bank
De Nederlandsche Bank is the central bank of the Netherlands, responsible for monetary policy, financial stability, and supervision of the Dutch financial system.
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B.
Bank of Amsterdam
The Bank of Amsterdam was a pioneering 17th-century public bank that became a central hub of European finance and helped establish Amsterdam as a leading commercial power during the Dutch Golden Age.
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C.
Royal Dutch Mint
The Royal Dutch Mint is the official institution responsible for producing the Netherlands’ coins and other official numismatic items.
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D.
Danske Bank
Danske Bank is a major Nordic financial institution headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, offering a wide range of banking and financial services across Northern Europe.
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E.
Bank Indonesia
Bank Indonesia is the central bank of the Republic of Indonesia, responsible for formulating and implementing the country’s monetary policy, maintaining financial system stability, and issuing the national currency.
- 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: De Javasche Bank Target entity description: De Javasche Bank was the central bank of the Dutch East Indies, serving as the colonial-era monetary authority before being succeeded by Bank Indonesia.
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A.
De Nederlandsche Bank
De Nederlandsche Bank is the central bank of the Netherlands, responsible for monetary policy, financial stability, and supervision of the Dutch financial system.
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B.
Bank of Amsterdam
The Bank of Amsterdam was a pioneering 17th-century public bank that became a central hub of European finance and helped establish Amsterdam as a leading commercial power during the Dutch Golden Age.
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C.
Royal Dutch Mint
The Royal Dutch Mint is the official institution responsible for producing the Netherlands’ coins and other official numismatic items.
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D.
Danske Bank
Danske Bank is a major Nordic financial institution headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, offering a wide range of banking and financial services across Northern Europe.
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E.
Bank Indonesia
Bank Indonesia is the central bank of the Republic of Indonesia, responsible for formulating and implementing the country’s monetary policy, maintaining financial system stability, and issuing the national currency.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bank
ⓘ
central bank ⓘ colonial institution ⓘ |
| category |
Defunct banks
ⓘ
Defunct central banks ⓘ History of Indonesia ⓘ History of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Dutch East Indies ⓘ |
| countryDuringExistence | Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| followedBy | nationalization into Bank Indonesia ⓘ |
| function |
banking services for colonial government
ⓘ
issue of banknotes ⓘ regulation of currency ⓘ |
| hasDutchName | De Javasche Bank self-link ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Batavia
ⓘ
Jakarta ⓘ |
| industry | banking ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Dutch colonial administration ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Dutch ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Batavia
ⓘ
Dutch East Indies ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Java ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Java ⓘ |
| operatedBefore | independence of Indonesia ⓘ |
| operatedInCurrency |
Dutch guilder
ⓘ
surface form:
Netherlands Indies gulden
gulden ⓘ |
| operatedInTerritory |
Dutch East Indies
ⓘ
Dutch East Indies ⓘ
surface form:
Netherlands East Indies
|
| partOf | Dutch colonial empire ⓘ |
| relevance | predecessor of modern Indonesian central banking system ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Bank Indonesia ⓘ |
| role |
bank of issue
ⓘ
monetary authority ⓘ note-issuing bank ⓘ |
| successor | Bank Indonesia ⓘ |
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Subject: De Javasche Bank Description of subject: De Javasche Bank was the central bank of the Dutch East Indies, serving as the colonial-era monetary authority before being succeeded by Bank Indonesia.
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