← Read the currency articleNewfoundland 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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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.
1865AdoptionNewfoundland’s 1863 decimal law took effect in 1865; its currency was aligned with Canada in 1895.
C163 1895Newfoundland currency aligned with CanadaNewfoundland’s 1863 decimal law took effect in 1865; its currency was aligned with Canada in 1895.
C163 1947Last mintageNewfoundland’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.