Southern Rhodesian / Central African pound — including federal currency
Southern Rhodesian / Central African pound: a historical unit of account.
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
- Ancestry branch
- Sterling
Where this money came from
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The story
The 1963 dissolution order ends the Federation immediately before 1 January 1964; its currency provisions preserve a separate transitional life. [1]
Turning points
Account-unit observation
Contemporary official reporting identifies Southern Rhodesia's monetary unit as the pound of 20 shillings and 240 pence within the British monetary system. [2]
Account-unit observation
The Southern Rhodesia Currency Board was established in 1939 and issued notes from March 1940, with extension to Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia during 1940. This dates regional monetary administration and instruments, not a fresh account denomination. [3]
Issuer succession context
Inference: 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. [4]
Federal currency continuation order
Inference: The 1963 dissolution order ends the Federation immediately before 1 January 1964; its currency provisions preserve a separate transitional life. Section 66 continues federal currency tender until 1 January 1965, or a ministerially appointed later date no later than 1 June 1965. [1] [5]
Conditional tender end schedule
Section 66 continues federal currency tender until 1 January 1965, or a ministerially appointed later date no later than 1 June 1965. [5]
Conditional issuer dissolution schedule
Section 70 provides for bank dissolution on 31 December 1965 or an earlier appointed date, separately from currency demonetisation and asset distribution. [6]
Sources and evidence
- United Kingdom · Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963, S.I.1963/2085 C633 ↗
- Herbert M. Bratter / US Department of Commerce · Herbert M. Bratter, The Monetary Use of Silver in 1933, US Department of Commerce, Trade Promotion Series 149 C1537 ↗
- Nicholas Krus and Kurt Schuler · Currency Board Financial Statements, Studies in Applied Economics No.22 (December 2014) C1538 ↗
- Nicholas Krus and Kurt Schuler · Currency Board Financial Statements, Studies in Applied Economics No.22 — Central African section C632 ↗
- United Kingdom · Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963, S.I.1963/2085 C634 ↗
- United Kingdom · Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963, S.I.1963/2085 C636 ↗
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