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Southern Rhodesian / Central African pound — including federal currency: research record

Evidence coverage: 1932–1965. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Currency continuity

Southern Rhodesian / Central African pound — including federal currency

FTM000198 · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1932–1965; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Pound sterlingterritorial currency separation · 1932–1940
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Children / successors

Malawi poundterritorial currency succession · 1964–1965
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Zambian poundterritorial currency succession · 1964–1965
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Siblings

Bahamian dollarShared predecessor: Pound sterling
Bermudian dollarShared predecessor: Pound sterling
Tongan poundShared predecessor: Pound sterling
Cypriot poundShared predecessor: Pound sterling
Australian poundShared predecessor: Pound sterling
Fiji poundShared predecessor: Pound sterling
Jamaican poundShared predecessor: Pound sterling
Unit and issue records 1 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Rhodesia and Nyasaland federal poundFTM000784 · C626, C632, C633, C634, C635, C636

Instruments, coinage & context

Supporting material, not parents or children.

Latest research

Gap review finding

Nyasaland and Northern/Southern Rhodesia were using the British pound account system in 1933. A qualified direct regional-continuity bridge to the 1950 sfederal pound is plausible, but the 1933 survey alone does not document the 1955 transfer of all accounts. Preserve this candidate instead of treating 1932 regional coinage as a separate unit.

Sources and qualifications →
Historical account research

Section66continues federalonepoundunit beyond politicaldissolution andsets1965legal-tenderendingwindow. Bankbirth1956not unitbirth automatically.

Sources and qualifications →
Historical account research

Contemporary official reporting identifies Southern Rhodesia's monetary unit as the pound of 20 shillings and 240 pence within the British monetary system.

Sources and qualifications →
Historical account research

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.

Sources and qualifications →
Historical account research

The Southern Rhodesia board became the Central African Currency Board in 1954; the federal bank succeeded it in 1956 while inherited currency continued. These are institutional stages of the continuity profile.

Sources and qualifications →
Modern account-unit review

Federal pound survived1963dissolution;1964–1965nationalcurrency transition divided federal monetary assets/liabilities as oldmoney withdrawn. Original law and contemporary UN territorialreplacement history support regional succession,not exact independence-daybirth. Supported relationship from explicit contemporary monetary succession; range and missing universal ratio remain scoped limitations, not a doubtful existence claim.

Sources and qualifications →
Modern account-unit review

Federal pound survived1963dissolution;1964–1965nationalcurrency transition divided federal monetary assets/liabilities as oldmoney withdrawn. Original law and contemporary UN territorialreplacement history support regional succession,not exact independence-daybirth. Supported relationship from explicit contemporary monetary succession; range and missing universal ratio remain scoped limitations, not a doubtful existence claim.

Sources and qualifications →
Unit-of-account identity review

Retain one account-unit continuity profile through Southern Rhodesian, Central African and federal administration. The changes in 1954 and 1956 replace monetary authorities while preserving the inherited pound reckoning and continuing earlier money; a federal issuer does not require a new currency identity. Include the documented pre-federal account history rather than inserting an issuer-only predecessor node.

Sources and qualifications →

Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1963–1965supported

Section66continues federalonepoundunit beyond politicaldissolution andsets1965legal-tenderendingwindow. Bankbirth1956not unitbirth automatically.

C1463
1933supported

Contemporary official reporting identifies Southern Rhodesia's monetary unit as the pound of 20 shillings and 240 pence within the British monetary system.

C1537
1939–1940supported

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.

C1538
1954–1956supported

The Southern Rhodesia board became the Central African Currency Board in 1954; the federal bank succeeded it in 1956 while inherited currency continued. These are institutional stages of the continuity profile.

C1539
Monetary history 4 events

Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.

1956-04-01Issuer 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.

C632
1963-12-20Federal 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.

C633, C634
1 January 1965, extendable no later than 1 June; actual decision uninspectedConditional 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.

C634
31 December 1965 or earlier appointed date; not currency endConditional 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.

C636
Evidence & research notes 17 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C626

Bundesbank’s table dates the Zambian pound to 16 November 1964 at parity with a unit it labels Rhodesian pound; precise federal predecessor mapping remains unresolved.

Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 — Zambia entry Citation S340 · Open source ↗

Zambia, Currency history, PDF p.269; terminology limitation explicit

Source access and limitations

Same edition/work family as S98 and same URL as S329.

Not independent corroboration of those records.

The label Rhodesian pound in the 1957/1964 sequence needs reconciliation with federal issuer/legal terminology.

Full exchange law is not supplied.

Inference C632

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.

Nicholas Krus and Kurt Schuler · Currency Board Financial Statements, Studies in Applied Economics No.22 — Central African section Citation S341 · Open source ↗

printed p.216, successor institutions; modeling qualification

Source access and limitations

Same work as S189.

Underlying 1938–1956 laws and annual reports were not inspected.

Issuer succession is not automatically a new currency unit or an at-par domestic replacement.

Inference C633

The 1963 dissolution order ends the Federation immediately before 1 January 1964; its currency provisions preserve a separate transitional life.

United Kingdom · Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963, S.I.1963/2085 Citation S342 · Open source ↗

s.1, printed p.1, read with s.66

Source access and limitations

Original conditional deadlines do not establish whether later powers were exercised, or the actual last tender/redemption dates.

Federal political dissolution and bank dissolution are distinct events.

Supported C634

Section 66 continues federal currency tender until 1 January 1965, or a ministerially appointed later date no later than 1 June 1965.

United Kingdom · Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963, S.I.1963/2085 Citation S342 · Open source ↗

s.66, printed p.24; conditional legal schedule, actual notice not inspected

Source access and limitations

Original conditional deadlines do not establish whether later powers were exercised, or the actual last tender/redemption dates.

Federal political dissolution and bank dissolution are distinct events.

Inference C635

Section 66 preserves the federal pound’s sterling parity until demonetisation; it does not prescribe a national successor’s cash-exchange rate.

United Kingdom · Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963, S.I.1963/2085 Citation S342 · Open source ↗

s.66, printed p.24; scope inference

Source access and limitations

Original conditional deadlines do not establish whether later powers were exercised, or the actual last tender/redemption dates.

Federal political dissolution and bank dissolution are distinct events.

Supported C636

Section 70 provides for bank dissolution on 31 December 1965 or an earlier appointed date, separately from currency demonetisation and asset distribution.

United Kingdom · Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963, S.I.1963/2085 Citation S342 · Open source ↗

s.70(1)–(2), printed pp.24–25

Source access and limitations

Original conditional deadlines do not establish whether later powers were exercised, or the actual last tender/redemption dates.

Federal political dissolution and bank dissolution are distinct events.

Inference C1252

Federal liabilities and currency were territorially divided into Malawi’s national monetary administration duringNovember 1964–June 1965; connect the already-existing pound profiles, with a bounded transition rather than an invented coin-birth date.

Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R-V25-007. Original law and contemporary UN territorialreplacement history support regional succession,not exact independence-daybirth. Supported relationship from explicit contemporary monetary succession; range and missing universal ratio remain scoped limitations, not a doubtful existence claim. Replacement evidence: C1577.

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa · Economic Bulletin for Africa, Vol.VI No.1, January 1966 (E/CN.14/396) Citation S194 · Open source ↗

January 1966, printed p 72 / PDF p 79, paragraphs immediately before MALAWI; document E/CN.14/396

Source access and limitations

Provides issue date and unit relationship; does not establish complete withdrawal/redemption rules.

Inference C1253

The same documented federal monetary liquidation supplies the missing federal-pound ancestry of Zambia’s existing national-pound profile.

Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R-V25-008. Original law and contemporary UN territorialreplacement history support regional succession,not exact independence-daybirth. Supported relationship from explicit contemporary monetary succession; range and missing universal ratio remain scoped limitations, not a doubtful existence claim. Replacement evidence: C1578.

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa · Economic Bulletin for Africa, Vol.VI No.1, January 1966 (E/CN.14/396) Citation S194 · Open source ↗

January 1966, printed p 72 / PDF p 79, paragraphs immediately before MALAWI; document E/CN.14/396

Source access and limitations

Provides issue date and unit relationship; does not establish complete withdrawal/redemption rules.

Qualified C1338

Nyasaland and Northern/Southern Rhodesia were using the British pound account system in 1933. A qualified direct regional-continuity bridge to the 1950 sfederal pound is plausible, but the 1933 survey alone does not document the 1955 transfer of all accounts. Preserve this candidate instead of treating 1932 regional coinage as a separate unit.

United States Department of Commerce · Monetary Use of Silver in 1933 Citation S541 · Open source ↗

Algeria pp.16–17 / PDF 21–22; Angola p 17 / PDF 22; Mozambique p 85 / PDF 90; Nyasaland p 92 / PDF 97; Northern and Southern Rhodesia pp 104–105 / PDF 109–110; Dutch colonial systems p 85 / PDF 90; January 1966, printed p 72 / PDF p 79, paragraphs immediately before MALAWI; document E/CN.14/396

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa · Economic Bulletin for Africa, Vol.VI No.1, January 1966 (E/CN.14/396) Citation S194 · Open source ↗

Algeria pp.16–17 / PDF 21–22; Angola p 17 / PDF 22; Mozambique p 85 / PDF 90; Nyasaland p 92 / PDF 97; Northern and Southern Rhodesia pp 104–105 / PDF 109–110; Dutch colonial systems p 85 / PDF 90; January 1966, printed p 72 / PDF p 79, paragraphs immediately before MALAWI; document E/CN.14/396

Source access and limitations

Provides issue date and unit relationship; does not establish complete withdrawal/redemption rules.

Supported C1463

Section66continues federalonepoundunit beyond politicaldissolution andsets1965legal-tenderendingwindow. Bankbirth1956not unitbirth automatically.

United Kingdom · Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963, S.I.1963/2085 Citation S342 · Open source ↗

PDF24,PartVI sections66–70

Source access and limitations

Original conditional deadlines do not establish whether later powers were exercised, or the actual last tender/redemption dates.

Federal political dissolution and bank dissolution are distinct events.

Supported C1537

Contemporary official reporting identifies Southern Rhodesia's monetary unit as the pound of 20 shillings and 240 pence within the British monetary system.

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 Citation S709 · Open source ↗

Rhodesia Southern, printed pp. 104–106

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Limits: Reports the 1923 monetary law; original Danzig gazette not independently inspected.

Supported C1538

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.

Nicholas Krus and Kurt Schuler · Currency Board Financial Statements, Studies in Applied Economics No.22 (December 2014) Citation S189 · Open source ↗

Southern Rhodesia Currency Board section

Source access and limitations

Underlying annual reports and ordinances not independently inspected.

Gambia coin date conflicts with the indexed central-bank account.

Institutional liquidation is not currency termination.

Supported C1539

The Southern Rhodesia board became the Central African Currency Board in 1954; the federal bank succeeded it in 1956 while inherited currency continued. These are institutional stages of the continuity profile.

Nicholas Krus and Kurt Schuler · Currency Board Financial Statements, Studies in Applied Economics No.22 (December 2014) Citation S189 · Open source ↗

Southern Rhodesia / Central Africa Currency Board section

Source access and limitations

Underlying annual reports and ordinances not independently inspected.

Gambia coin date conflicts with the indexed central-bank account.

Institutional liquidation is not currency termination.

Supported C1577

Federal pound survived1963dissolution;1964–1965nationalcurrency transition divided federal monetary assets/liabilities as oldmoney withdrawn.

United Kingdom · Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963, S.I.1963/2085 Citation S342 · Open source ↗

PDF24,PartVI sections66–70; Claim-specific locators in evidence register

Source access and limitations

Original conditional deadlines do not establish whether later powers were exercised, or the actual last tender/redemption dates.

Federal political dissolution and bank dissolution are distinct events.

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa · Economic Bulletin for Africa, Vol.VI No.1, January 1966 (E/CN.14/396) Citation S194 · Open source ↗

PDF24,PartVI sections66–70; Claim-specific locators in evidence register

Source access and limitations

Provides issue date and unit relationship; does not establish complete withdrawal/redemption rules.

Supported C1578

Federal pound survived1963dissolution;1964–1965nationalcurrency transition divided federal monetary assets/liabilities as oldmoney withdrawn.

United Kingdom · Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963, S.I.1963/2085 Citation S342 · Open source ↗

PDF24,PartVI sections66–70; Claim-specific locators in evidence register

Source access and limitations

Original conditional deadlines do not establish whether later powers were exercised, or the actual last tender/redemption dates.

Federal political dissolution and bank dissolution are distinct events.

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa · Economic Bulletin for Africa, Vol.VI No.1, January 1966 (E/CN.14/396) Citation S194 · Open source ↗

PDF24,PartVI sections66–70; Claim-specific locators in evidence register

Source access and limitations

Provides issue date and unit relationship; does not establish complete withdrawal/redemption rules.

Supported C1710

The Southern Rhodesian account pound developed as a regional continuation of British sterling reckoning, subsequently administered by the Southern Rhodesia Currency Board, Central African Currency Board and federal bank. Contemporary evidence identifies the inherited British pound account system; local coinage, withdrawal of British coins and board note issue separate the regional currency during 1932–1940. This date range records institutional separation, not a claim that a new unit was created by the first local coin.

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 Citation S709 · Open source ↗

1933 report, Rhodesia Southern; Krus/Schuler Southern Rhodesia/Central Africa sections

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Limits: Reports the 1923 monetary law; original Danzig gazette not independently inspected.

Nicholas Krus and Kurt Schuler · Currency Board Financial Statements, Studies in Applied Economics No.22 (December 2014) Citation S189 · Open source ↗

1933 report, Rhodesia Southern; Krus/Schuler Southern Rhodesia/Central Africa sections

Source access and limitations

Underlying annual reports and ordinances not independently inspected.

Gambia coin date conflicts with the indexed central-bank account.

Institutional liquidation is not currency termination.

Inference C1719

Retain one account-unit continuity profile through Southern Rhodesian, Central African and federal administration. The changes in 1954 and 1956 replace monetary authorities while preserving the inherited pound reckoning and continuing earlier money; a federal issuer does not require a new currency identity. Include the documented pre-federal account history rather than inserting an issuer-only predecessor node.

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 Citation S709 · Open source ↗

Rhodesia Southern; Southern Rhodesia / Central Africa board histories

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Limits: Reports the 1923 monetary law; original Danzig gazette not independently inspected.

Nicholas Krus and Kurt Schuler · Currency Board Financial Statements, Studies in Applied Economics No.22 (December 2014) Citation S189 · Open source ↗

Rhodesia Southern; Southern Rhodesia / Central Africa board histories

Source access and limitations

Underlying annual reports and ordinances not independently inspected.

Gambia coin date conflicts with the indexed central-bank account.

Institutional liquidation is not currency termination.

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