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Evidence coverage: 1914–1969. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
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Fiji pound
T-FTM000512 · 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: 1914–1969; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
Parents / predecessors
Children / successors
Siblings
Latest research
Historical account researchThe1933 ordinance established Fiji local monetary obligations on a separate sterling-exchange basis; local pound and sterling were distinguished legally.
Sources and qualifications → Modern account-unit reviewFiji developed a separate local pound from sterling during1929–1933;1933 legislation placed local monetary obligations on their own sterling-exchange basis. Original monetary research documents local monetary-account continuity from British currency and subsequent independent legal monetary regime.1914 issuer creation alone is not the unit birth.1929 is earliest observed market separation;1933 is firm legal endpoint for the bounded branch, not an exact claim of1929 legal founding.
Sources and qualifications → Account-unit observations
Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
1933supportedThe1933 ordinance established Fiji local monetary obligations on a separate sterling-exchange basis; local pound and sterling were distinguished legally.
C1485
Monetary history 1 events
Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
1914–1934Territorial unit derivationFiji’s local pound issues developed from an English-coin currency system. The board began in 1914 and local coins followed in 1934; this is unit descent, not a fixed exchange-rate claim.
C938
Evidence & research notes 4 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C187
RBF dates Fiji’s dollar changeover to 13 January 1969 and describes gradual withdrawal of pound currency.
Reserve Bank of Fiji · 50 Years of Fiji’s Currency Citation S95 ·
Open source ↗Opening chronology
Source access and limitations
Gradual withdrawal; earlier private Fijian dollar instruments remain a separate extension.
Supported C938
Fiji’s local pound issues developed from an English-coin currency system. The board began in 1914 and local coins followed in 1934; this is unit descent, not a fixed exchange-rate claim.
Reserve Bank of Fiji · Our Currency Story — Part 1 Citation S450 ·
Open source ↗PDF p. 1: 1914 board, English coins and 1934 local coinage
Supported C1485
The1933 ordinance established Fiji local monetary obligations on a separate sterling-exchange basis; local pound and sterling were distinguished legally.
David Tammaro · Evaluating the Fijian board of commissioners of currency, Journal of Economics Library 7(1),2020,39–53 Citation S789 ·
Open source ↗Tammaro pp42–43,52; Krus/Schuler pp107–110
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Nicholas Krus and Kurt Schuler · Currency Board Financial Statements, Studies in Applied Economics No.22 (December 2014) Citation S189 ·
Open source ↗Tammaro pp42–43,52; Krus/Schuler pp107–110
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 C1647
Fiji developed a separate local pound from sterling during1929–1933;1933 legislation placed local monetary obligations on their own sterling-exchange basis.
David Tammaro · Evaluating the Fijian board of commissioners of currency, Journal of Economics Library 7(1),2020,39–53 Citation S789 ·
Open source ↗Tammaro pp41–43,52; Krus/Schuler pp107–110; Currency Notes Ordinance No6 of1933, effective1November
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Nicholas Krus and Kurt Schuler · Currency Board Financial Statements, Studies in Applied Economics No.22 (December 2014) Citation S189 ·
Open source ↗Tammaro pp41–43,52; Krus/Schuler pp107–110; Currency Notes Ordinance No6 of1933, effective1November
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.