Spanish escudo

E349790

former national currency historical currency

The Spanish escudo was Spain’s former national currency used for several centuries before being succeeded by the peseta.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Spanish escudo canonical	2
Castilian escudo	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3340168 — 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: Spanish escudo
Context triple: [Spanish peseta, replacedCurrency, Spanish escudo]

A. Portuguese escudo
The Portuguese escudo was Portugal’s former national currency, used from 1911 until the adoption of the euro in 1999/2002.
B. 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.
C. Castilian real
The Castilian real was a historical Spanish silver coin and monetary unit widely used in Castile and later across the Spanish Empire.
D. 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.
E. 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.
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: Spanish escudo
Target entity description: The Spanish escudo was Spain’s former national currency used for several centuries before being succeeded by the peseta.

A. Portuguese escudo
The Portuguese escudo was Portugal’s former national currency, used from 1911 until the adoption of the euro in 1999/2002.
B. 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.
C. Castilian real
The Castilian real was a historical Spanish silver coin and monetary unit widely used in Castile and later across the Spanish Empire.
D. 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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former national currency ⓘ historical currency ⓘ
category	Currencies of Spain ⓘ Gold coins ⓘ Obsolete currencies ⓘ Silver coins ⓘ
circulationArea	Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
currencyCode	none ⓘ
denominationType	gold coin ⓘ paper money ⓘ silver coin ⓘ
hasFeature	monarch portrait ⓘ religious motifs ⓘ royal coat of arms ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century Spain ⓘ Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period
introduced	16th century ⓘ
introducedAsGoldCoin	1566 ⓘ
languageOfInscription	Latin ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
material	gold ⓘ paper ⓘ silver ⓘ
monetaryAuthority	Kingdom of Spain ⓘ Spanish monarchy ⓘ surface form: Spanish Crown
monetarySystemRole	medium of exchange ⓘ store of value ⓘ unit of account ⓘ
predecessorCurrency	Spanish real ⓘ
replacedBy	1868 Spanish peseta monetary reform ⓘ Spanish peseta ⓘ
subunitOf	Spanish monetary system ⓘ
successorCurrency	Spanish peseta ⓘ
symbolOf	Spanish monarchy ⓘ
usedFor	everyday transactions ⓘ international commerce ⓘ tax payments ⓘ trade ⓘ
usedIn	Spain ⓘ
usedInColonies	Caribbean colonies ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Spanish America ⓘ
usedUntil	19th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Spanish peseta → replacedCurrency → Spanish escudo ⓘ

Castilian real → subunitOf → Spanish escudo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Castilian escudo