fils
Let an agent explain the fils as a currency subunit, relay its value and status by country from central bank sources, describe its history and etymology, and distinguish it from the fils and fulus of other periods.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a fils is.
Definition
Definition and values.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a fils, and what is it worth in each country? definition
- Is the question about a specific country fils or the historical fals? boundary
Coins
Coins and usage.
Coins
Coins.
- What fils coins exist, and how are they used or rounded today, from central bank sources? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific currency? action
History History and etymology.
Etymology
Etymology.
Etymology
Etymology.
- How does fils derive from the Roman follis through the Arabic fals? provenance
- Which entry fits fals? action
Adoption
Adoption.
Adoption
Adoption.
- When did each country adopt the fils, and how has it changed? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Practice Practical use.
Exchange
Exchange and accounting.
Exchange
Exchange.
- How are fils handled in exchange rates, accounting and ISO 4217 minor units? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Travel
Travel.
Travel
Travel.
- What should visitors know about small change in fils countries? provenance
- Is the user asking for financial advice, which the model does not give? boundary
Context Numismatics.
Collecting
Collecting.
Collecting
Collecting.
- Which fils coins are of numismatic interest? provenance
- Which entry fits numismatics? action
Related
Related subunits.
Related
Related.
- How do the fils, piastre, qirsh and halala compare across Arab currencies? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific subunit? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.QTY
What it is Filled
A subdivision of currency used in several Arab countries, equal to one thousandth of the dinar in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan and Kuwait and one hundredth of the dirham in the United Arab Emirates and formerly of the riyal in Yemen; the circulation and everyday use of fils-denominated coins vary by country and denomination, and the name derives from the Latin follis via the Arabic fals.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the fils as a currency subunit, relay its value and status by country from central bank sources, describe its history and etymology, and distinguish it from the fils and fulus of other periods.
Distinguishing features Filled
- The fils is a thousandth or hundredth subunit, depending on the currency.
- Several countries use a currency subunit called the fils.
- The circulation and practical use of fils-denominated coins vary by country and denomination.
- The name has a Latin-Arabic etymology.
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Apply the dinar ratio to the dirham, or the reverse.
- Process payments in a currency it is not authorized to handle.
- Round or drop fils amounts in a way that shortchanges people.
- Help counterfeit or deface coins.
Only with a human decision
- Settling payments or refunds in fils on someone's behalf.
May
- State which currency each fils subdivides and the ratio in each country.
- Convert amounts using official exchange rates with the date stated.
Moral aspects Filled
- Small denominations matter most to people with little money.
- Currency errors in remittances harm migrant workers' families.
Who is affected
- Consumers
- Migrant workers sending money
- Merchants
Owners Filled
Steward
The issuing central bank of each country.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q8142 - registry parent class
related
- currency - in registry terms, as a subunit
- dinar - in several countries
- United Arab Emirates dirham - as a hundredth
- fals - the medieval coin
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.fils
- Wikidata: Q1415492 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1415492)
- ISO 4217 minor units: 3 for KWD, BHD, IQD, JOD; 2 for AED
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- value in Kuwait: 1/1000 dinar
- value in UAE: 1/100 dirham
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Thousandth of a dinar or hundredth of a dirham
- Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, UAE, historically Yemen
- The piastre and qirsh are other Arab subunits; the medieval fals was a copper coin
- Small coins in copper, brass or steel with denominations of 5 to 500 fils.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain value and status by country
- relay history and etymology
- describe coins and usage
- distinguish related units
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing values across countries
- Stale information on coin circulation
- Rounding disputes
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Central bank rules on legal tender and coin issue
- Rounding rules for cash transactions
Context of use required Filled
- Small-value currency subdivision.
- fils of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan and Kuwait as a thousandth of the dinar
- fils of the United Arab Emirates as a hundredth of the dirham
- historical fils of Yemen
- fils coins by denomination
- the medieval fals as an ancestor
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1415492: fils - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Fils (currency) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each country fils be a separate entry?
- How should central bank sources be linked?
- How should the historical fals be related?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1415492/spec.json