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Jamaican pound

Jamaican pound: a historical unit of account.

Dates in use
Introduction and ending not established
Ancestry branch
Sterling

Its place in the family

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Jamaican pound: documented and qualified family connections PREDECESSORS THIS CURRENCY SUCCESSORS Pound sterlingPound sterling 1840-12-31 · QualifiedQualified connection · 1840-12-31 Jamaican dollarJamaican dollar 1969 · DocumentedJamaican dollars per Jamaican pound.Documented connection · 1969 · Jamaican dollars per Jamaican pound. Jamaican poundJamaican pound Currency history

The story

The surviving evidence establishes this unit of account, but a fuller narrative is still being developed. Its known connections are shown above; the research page documents what is established and what remains uncertain.

Turning points

Territorial unit derivation

Jamaica adopted British currency as the basis of its pound system. Spanish doubloons remained a legal-tender exception until 1901. [1]

Sources and evidence

  1. Bank of Jamaica · History of Jamaican Currency C944 ↗

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“Jamaican pound.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000518.html

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