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Jamaican dollar
A history told through its predecessors and the currencies that followed.
8 ancestors1 descendantEstablished connections in this atlas
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Predecessor332 BC–259 BC
Attic drachma accountingQualified · Intervening stages openLater contributionAD 296–AD 351
Egyptian silver drachma accountingQualified · Later contributionPredecessorAD 274–AD 375
Roman as–denarius–sestertius accountingQualified · Intervening stages openPredecessorAD 400–AD 700
Roman solidus–nomisma accountingQualified · Intervening stages openPredecessorAD 600–1087
Frankish denier–livre reckoningQualified · Intervening stages openLater contribution1826
Irish poundDocumented · Later contributionPredecessor1840
Pound sterlingQualifiedPredecessor1969
Jamaican poundDocumentedThis currencyJMD
Jamaican dollarDates, conversion terms and evidence 8 connections
Jamaican pound Jamaican dollar
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1826DocumentedLater contribution or absorption13/12 Irish pound = 1 GBPAccount equivalence described in Commons debate, not a market observation or enacted conversion instrument.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Egyptian silver drachma accounting Roman as–denarius–sestertius accounting
Evidence period: AD 296–AD 351QualifiedLater contribution or absorptionA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Pound sterling Jamaican pound
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Roman solidus–nomisma accounting Frankish denier–livre reckoning
Evidence period: AD 400–AD 700QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Attic drachma accounting Egyptian silver drachma accounting
Evidence period: 332 BC–259 BCQualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Roman as–denarius–sestertius accounting Roman solidus–nomisma accounting
Evidence period: AD 274–AD 375QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Frankish denier–livre reckoning Pound sterling
Evidence period: AD 600–1087QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
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This currencyJMD
Jamaican dollarSuccessor or branchKYD
Cayman Islands dollar1972Documented1 JMD = 1 KYD
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This currencyJMD
Jamaican dollarSuccessor or branch1972
Cayman Islands dollarDocumentedDates, conversion terms and evidence 1 connection
Jamaican dollar Cayman Islands dollar
1972Documented1 JMD = 1 KYDCayman currency replaced Jamaican dollars at equal unit value during the 1972 changeover. Jamaican cash retained legal tender through 31 August.
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