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Prince Edward Island pound of account: research record

Evidence coverage: 1871–1872. 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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Prince Edward Island pound of account

T-FTM000607 · 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: 1871–1872; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.

Children / successors

Prince Edward Island decimal dollarreplaced by · December 1871–February 1872
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Unit and issue records 1 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Prince Edward Island pound of accountFTM000607 · C306, C307
Monetary history 1 events

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

1848Prince Edward Island’s sterling reporting parity

Prince Edward Island used a £150-local-to-£100-sterling reporting par in 1848; sterling rents had a separate rule.

C306
Evidence & research notes 2 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C306

Prince Edward Island used a £150-local-to-£100-sterling reporting par in 1848; sterling rents had a separate rule.

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

pp.89–90, footnotes 29–30

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 C307

Prince Edward Island changed to decimal accounts during December 1871–February 1872, with its dollar equal to Canada’s.

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

p.91, footnote 37

Source access and limitations

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

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