Bermudian dollar
Bermudian dollar: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- BMD
- Ancestry branch
- Sterling
Its place in the family
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The story
Bundesbank records 6 February 1970: 2.40 Bermudian dollars per Bermuda pound. [1]
BMA dates the Bermudian dollar’s U.S.-dollar parity to 31 July 1972. [2]
Bermuda Act s.9 converts covered sterling references and transactions from 6 February 1970. [3]
Turning points
Former currency tender end bound
BMA reports that all old Bermuda currency had been demonetised by 30 June 1970 after gradual withdrawal. [4]
Changing monetary anchors
United States dollar · 31 July 1972 introduction; ending unreviewed
1 BMD per USD. Terms and evidence ↗
Sources and evidence
- Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 C197 ↗
- Bermuda Monetary Authority · Bermuda Monetary Authority: Celebrating 50 Years C198 ↗
- Bermuda; copy hosted by Bermuda Monetary Authority · Bermuda Monetary Authority Act 1969 — consolidated text C439 ↗
- Bermuda Monetary Authority · Bermuda Monetary Authority: Celebrating 50 Years — 20 February 2019 release C442 ↗
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“Bermudian dollar.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000523.html