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Newfoundland dollar: research record

Evidence coverage: 1865–1865. 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

Newfoundland dollar

T-FTM000494 · 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: 1865; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.

Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Unit and issue records 1 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Newfoundland dollarFTM000494 · C163
Monetary history 3 events

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

1865Adoption

Newfoundland’s 1863 decimal law took effect in 1865; its currency was aligned with Canada in 1895.

C163
1895Newfoundland currency aligned with Canada

Newfoundland’s 1863 decimal law took effect in 1865; its currency was aligned with Canada in 1895.

C163
1947Last mintage

Newfoundland’s last coins were minted in 1947; Canadian notes and coins circulated at par before its 1949 entry into Canada.

C315
Evidence & research notes 3 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C163

Newfoundland’s 1863 decimal law took effect in 1865; its currency was aligned with Canada in 1895.

James Powell; Bank of Canada · A History of the Canadian Dollar Citation S11 · Open source ↗

Printed pp. 24, 27

Source access and limitations

Follow its footnotes to currency laws and cited scholarship

Supported C314

Newfoundland aligned its dollar with Canada’s in 1895; parity is not proof that its local coinage ended.

A. B. McCullough; Archivaria 16 (1983), pp.83–94 · Currency Conversion in British North America, 1760–1900 Citation S156 · Open source ↗

p.91, footnote 36; compare S161

Source access and limitations

Nominal account values are not commercial exchange rates; Vancouver date table conflicts with prose, resolved here with the 1862 act.

Supported C315

Newfoundland’s last coins were minted in 1947; Canadian notes and coins circulated at par before its 1949 entry into Canada.

Bank of Canada Museum, 2024 · Welcoming Newfoundland to Canada Citation S161 · Open source ↗

The 20th century; Newfoundland currency: a collecting legacy

Source access and limitations

Coinage, bank-note redemption and political union are separate events.

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