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Fiji pound: research record

Evidence coverage: 1914–1969. 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

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

Pound sterlingaccount unit branching · 1929–1933
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Children / successors

Fiji dollar, 1969 reformreplaced by · 1969
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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
Jamaican poundShared predecessor: Pound sterling

Latest research

Historical account research

The1933 ordinance established Fiji local monetary obligations on a separate sterling-exchange basis; local pound and sterling were distinguished legally.

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Modern account-unit review

Fiji 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.

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Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1933supported

The1933 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 derivation

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.

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.

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