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Namibia dollar: research record

Evidence coverage: 1993–1993. 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

Namibia dollar

NAD · 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.
Current currency in the inherited endpoint register.
Dated observations: 1993; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

South African rand — origin and Namibia contextlocal issue succeeds imported currency · 1993-09-15
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Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Siblings

Monetary history 2 events

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

1993First issue

Bank of Namibia dates the national dollar’s introduction to 15 September 1993.

C201
1993-09-15Local issue succeeds imported currency

Namibia introduced its dollar at par with the previously circulating rand. Rand remained legal tender alongside the new local currency.

C952
Evidence & research notes 3 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C201

Bank of Namibia dates the national dollar’s introduction to 15 September 1993.

Bank of Namibia · Explore Currency Citation S106 · Open source ↗

Introduction paragraph

Source access and limitations

Historical evidence only; current legal status and every intervening amendment are not inferred.

Supported C202

Bundesbank records NAD–rand parity and continuing rand legal tender in Namibia.

Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 Citation S98 · Open source ↗

PDF p. 171

Source access and limitations

Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.

Only selected country milestones used.

Supported C952

Namibia introduced its dollar at par with the previously circulating rand. Rand remained legal tender alongside the new local currency.

Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 Citation S98 · Open source ↗

Namibia: Currency history; comments

Source access and limitations

Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.

Only selected country milestones used.

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