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Southern Rhodesia and Central Africa currency boards — institutional context

FTM000197 · Outside the currency tree

Institutional and territorial issue chronology; does not adjudicate the inherited Southern Rhodesian-pound species or its 1939–1956 lifetime.

Instrument, denomination, issuer, monetary standard or other context: not a separate currency node.

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Evidence & research notes 3 claims

Institutional and territorial issue chronology; does not adjudicate the inherited Southern Rhodesian-pound species or its 1939–1956 lifetime.

Supported C630

Krus and Schuler date the Southern Rhodesia Currency Board’s establishment to 3 January 1939 and its currency fund to 1 April; these are institutional milestones.

Nicholas Krus and Kurt Schuler · Currency Board Financial Statements, Studies in Applied Economics No.22 — Central African section Citation S341 · Open source ↗

printed p.216 / PDF p.217, Name/headquarters/dates

Source access and limitations

Same work as S189.

Underlying 1938–1956 laws and annual reports were not inspected.

Issuer succession is not automatically a new currency unit or an at-par domestic replacement.

Supported C631

They report first board notes on 1 March 1940 in Southern Rhodesia, 8 June in Nyasaland and 1 November in Northern Rhodesia.

Nicholas Krus and Kurt Schuler · Currency Board Financial Statements, Studies in Applied Economics No.22 — Central African section Citation S341 · Open source ↗

printed p.216, introductory history; underlying records pending

Source access and limitations

Same work as S189.

Underlying 1938–1956 laws and annual reports were not inspected.

Issuer succession is not automatically a new currency unit or an at-par domestic replacement.

Inference C632

They describe Central Africa Currency Board succession on 12 March 1954 and Bank of Rhodesia and Nyasaland succession on 1 April 1956; these do not independently prove new units.

Nicholas Krus and Kurt Schuler · Currency Board Financial Statements, Studies in Applied Economics No.22 — Central African section Citation S341 · Open source ↗

printed p.216, successor institutions; modeling qualification

Source access and limitations

Same work as S189.

Underlying 1938–1956 laws and annual reports were not inspected.

Issuer succession is not automatically a new currency unit or an at-par domestic replacement.

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