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Egyptian silver drachma accounting

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Attic drachma accounting → Egyptian silver drachma accounting · Evidence period: 332 BC–259 BC · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain open
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Vancouver Island decimal dollar → British Columbia decimal dollar · 1867 · Later contribution or absorptionBritish Columbia decimal dollar → Canadian dollar · 1881 · Later contribution or absorptionCFA franc → Guinean franc, first unit · 1960 · Predecessor connectionGuinean syli → Guinean franc · 1986 · Predecessor connectionGuinea-Bissau peso → CFA franc · 1997 · Later contribution or absorptionEgyptian silver drachma accounting → Roman as–denarius–sestertius accounting · Evidence period: AD 296–AD 351 · Later contribution or absorptionPortuguese escudo → Mozambican escudo · 1911–1914 · Predecessor connectionRoman solidus–nomisma accounting → Frankish denier–livre reckoning · Evidence period: AD 400–AD 700 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openCFA franc → Malian franc · 1962 · Predecessor connectionBrazilian cruzado / cruzeiro → Brazilian real · 1994 · Predecessor connectionFrench Somaliland CFA franc → Djiboutian franc · 1949 · Later contribution or absorptionCFP franc → Vanuatu vatu / New Hebrides franc · 1945–1967 · Predecessor connectionPortuguese escudo → São Tomé escudo · 1911–1914 · Predecessor connectionGuinean franc, first unit → Guinean syli · 1972 · Predecessor connectionPortuguese real → Brazilian real · Evidence period: 1643–1694 · Predecessor connectionRoman solidus–nomisma accounting → Visigothic solidus accounting · Evidence period: AD 400–AD 681 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openEgyptian silver drachma accounting → Late Ptolemaic and Augustan Egyptian bronze-drachma reckoning · Evidence period: 220 BC–200 BC · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openRoman as–denarius–sestertius accounting → Roman solidus–nomisma accounting · Evidence period: AD 274–AD 375 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openFrankish denier–livre reckoning → Pound sterling · Evidence period: AD 600–1087 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openFrankish denier–livre reckoning → Barcelona diner–sou–lliura accounting · Evidence period: AD 800–AD 991 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openJamaican dollar → Cayman Islands dollar · 1972 · Predecessor connectionPortuguese escudo → Angolan angolar · 1914–1928 · Predecessor connectionFrankish denier–livre reckoning → Portuguese dinheiro–soldo–libra accounting · Evidence period: AD 800–1145 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openCFA franc → Mauritanian ouguiya · 1973 · Predecessor connectionFrankish denier–livre reckoning → Genoese lira · Evidence period: 1138–1141 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openBrazilian real → Uruguayan peso · 1831 · Later contribution or absorptionFrankish denier–livre reckoning → Navarrese denier–libra and real accounting · Evidence period: AD 800–1198 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openGhanaian pound → Ghanaian cedis · 1965 · Predecessor connectionFrankish denier–livre reckoning → Livre parisis · Evidence period: AD 794–1204 · Predecessor connectionTripolitanian Military Authority lira → Libyan dinar · 1952 · Predecessor connectionZambian pound → Zambian kwacha · 1968 · Predecessor connectionFrankish denier–livre reckoning → Livre tournois · Evidence period: AD 794–1204 · Predecessor connectionPortuguese dinheiro–soldo–libra accounting → Portuguese real · 1435–1436 · Predecessor connectionLivre tournois → French franc · 1795–1799 · Predecessor connectionNigerian pound → Biafran pound · 1968 · Predecessor connectionFrankish denier–livre reckoning → Valencian account money · Evidence period: AD 800–1300 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openPortuguese real → Cape Verdean escudo · 1853–1865 · Predecessor connectionFrankish denier–livre reckoning → Aragonese Jaca account money · Evidence period: AD 800–1263 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openGenoese lira → Genoese lira di banco · Evidence period: 1675–1741 · Predecessor connectionMalagasy franc → Comorian franc · 1962–1963 · Predecessor connectionFrench franc → Bulgarian lev · 1880 · Predecessor connectionFrankish denier–livre reckoning → Mallorcan account money · Evidence period: AD 800–1300 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openPound sterling → Pound Scots · Evidence period: 1300–1599 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openGenoese lira → Genoese lira di permesso · 1751 · Predecessor connectionGenoese lira → Italian lira · 1826–1842 · Later contribution or absorptionGambian pound → Gambian dalasi · 1971 · Predecessor connectionMalawi pound → Malawi kwacha · 1971 · Predecessor connectionAustralian dollar → Papua New Guinean kina · 1975 · Predecessor connectionSouthern Rhodesian / Central African pound → Malawi pound · 1964–1965 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Australian pound · 1929–1936 · Predecessor connectionSouth African pound → South African rand · 1961 · Predecessor connectionPortuguese real → Portuguese escudo · 1911 · Predecessor connectionSouthern Rhodesian / Central African pound → Zambian pound · 1964–1965 · Predecessor connectionAngolan angolar → Angolan escudo · 1958 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Jamaican pound · 1840 · Predecessor connectionWest African Currency Board pound → Ghanaian pound · 1958 · Predecessor connectionNigerian pound → Nigerian naira · 1973 · Predecessor connectionSouth African rand → Swazi lilangeni · 1974 · Predecessor connectionWest African Currency Board pound → Nigerian pound · 1959 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Hong Kong dollar · 1864 · Later contribution or absorptionNew Zealand pound → New Zealand dollar · 1967 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Vancouver Island decimal dollar · 1863 · Predecessor connectionFrench franc → Malagasy franc · 1945 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → British Columbia decimal dollar · 1866 · Predecessor connectionWest African Currency Board pound → Gambian pound · 1964–1968 · Predecessor connectionNew Zealand pound → Samoan tālā · 1967 · Later contribution or absorptionSouth African rand → Botswana pula · 1976 · Predecessor connectionWest African Currency Board pound → Sierra Leonean leone · 1964 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Cypriot pound · 1879–1949 · Predecessor connectionItalian lira → Tripolitanian Military Authority lira · 1943 · Predecessor connectionAustralian dollar → Solomon Islands dollar · 1977 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Falkland Islands pound · 1987–1990 · Predecessor connectionTongan pound → Tongan paʻanga · 1967 · Predecessor connectionFrench franc → CFA franc · 1945 · Predecessor connectionBrazilian real → Brazilian cruzeiro · 1942 · Predecessor connectionFrench franc → CFP franc · 1945 · Predecessor connectionFrench franc → French Somaliland CFA franc · 1945 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → West African Currency Board pound · 1912–1913 · Predecessor connectionFiji pound → Fiji dollar, 1969 reform · 1969 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Fiji pound · 1929–1933 · Predecessor connectionSouth African rand → Lesotho loti · 1980 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Maltese pound / lira · 1949–1968 · Predecessor connectionAngolan escudo → Angolan kwanza · 1977 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → South African pound · 1914–1925 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Tongan pound · 1935–1936 · Predecessor connectionSouth African rand → Namibia dollar · 1993 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Irish pound · 1927–1928 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Southern Rhodesian / Central African pound · 1932–1940 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → New Zealand pound · 1933–1935 · Predecessor connectionAustralian pound → Australian dollar · 1966 · Predecessor connectionJamaican pound → Jamaican dollar · 1969 · Predecessor connectionBrazilian cruzeiro → Brazilian cruzado / cruzeiro · 1986 · Predecessor connectionPortuguese escudo → Guinea-Bissau peso · 1976 · Predecessor connectionIrish pound → Euro · 1999 · Predecessor connectionSão Tomé escudo → São Tomé dobra · 1976–1977 · Predecessor connectionMalagasy franc → Malagasy ariary · 2005 · Predecessor connectionMaltese pound / lira → Euro · 2008 · Later contribution or absorptionMozambican escudo → Mozambican metical · 1980 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Bahamian dollar · 1966 · Predecessor connectionFrench franc → CFA franc · 1945 · Predecessor connectionPortuguese escudo → Euro · 1999 · Predecessor connectionBulgarian lev → Euro · 2026 · Later contribution or absorptionCypriot pound → Euro · 2008 · Later contribution or absorptionPound sterling → Bermudian dollar · 1970 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Saint Helena pound · 1975–1976 · Predecessor connectionItalian lira → Euro · 1999 · Predecessor connectionFrench franc → Euro · 1999 · Predecessor connection
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