pound
Let an agent identify which pound currency is meant, give ISO codes, issuers and status, convert historical amounts using official data, and avoid investment advice.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent identify which pound currency is meant, give ISO codes, issuers and status, convert historical amounts using official data, and avoid investment advice.
The name of several currencies, including the pound sterling (GBP) of the United Kingdom, the Egyptian, Lebanese, Syrian, Sudanese and South Sudanese pounds, pounds of territories such as Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands, and historical pounds such as the Irish, Australian and Malawian pounds; the pound is also a unit of mass.
What it is for: Money, prices and historical records.
It can be identify the specific pound and its ISO code; find the issuing authority; convert historical or pre-decimal amounts; separate the mass unit sense.
Distinguishing features
Name shared by many currencies
Some current, some historical
Issued by different authorities
Also a mass unit
What it looks like
Banknotes and coins denominated in pounds, often marked with the pound sign.
How it is recognised
Pound sign and codes such as GBP, EGP, LBP
Pre-decimal shillings and pence
The pound of mass is written lb
Related models
is a kind of - category
is divided into - minor unit
is identified by - standard
is confused with - mass unit sense
In practice
Families and kinds
pound sterling
Middle Eastern and African pounds
territorial pounds pegged to sterling
historical pounds
pre-decimal pound systems
Identifiers
ISO 4217 GBP, EGP, LBP, SYP, SDG, SSP and others currency codes
Standards and regulation
ISO 4217
Central bank and currency board laws
Decimalisation and conversion rules
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing different pounds
Using outdated exchange rates
Agents giving investment advice
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.pound-artifact
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identify Which pound.
Codes disambiguate.
Which
Currency.
Which
Currency identity.
- Which pound is meant, and what is its ISO 4217 code? provenance
- Is it current or historical? boundary
Issuer
Issuing authority.
Issuer
Issuer.
- Which central bank or currency board issues it? provenance
- Is it pegged to another currency? provenance
Value Exchange.
Rates change.
Rate
Exchange rate.
Rate
Exchange rate.
- What is the official reference rate, for which date? provenance
- Are there multiple official rates? boundary
Advice
Limits.
Advice
Advice limits.
- Is the user asking whether to buy or hold the currency? boundary
- How should the agent decline investment advice? action
History Historical pounds.
Amounts need conversion.
Pre-decimal
Shillings and pence.
Pre-decimal
Pre-decimal amounts.
- How are pounds, shillings and pence converted to decimal amounts? measurement
- How can historical values be compared with today, according to statistical sources? provenance
Replaced
Replaced currencies.
Replaced
Replaced pounds.
- When was this historical pound replaced, and at what rate? provenance
- Can old notes still be exchanged? provenance
Senses Disambiguation.
Pound has other senses.
Mass
Pound of mass.
Mass
Mass sense.
- Is the pound as a unit of mass meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Other
Animal pound and symbol.
Other
Other senses.
- Is an animal pound or the hash symbol called pound meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should each pound be a separate entry?
- How should historical conversions be linked?
- How should the mass unit be split off?