← Read the currency articleVancouver Island decimal dollar: research record
Evidence coverage: 1863–1867. 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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Vancouver Island decimal dollar
T-FTM000609 · 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: 1863–1867; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
Parents / predecessors
Children / successors
Siblings
Unit and issue records 1 records
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Vancouver Island decimal dollarFTM000609 · C309, C311
Monetary history 2 events
Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
12 December 1862 local assentAuthorizationVancouver Island’s 1862 act specifies dollar public accounts from 1 January 1863 and $4.85 per pound sterling.
C309 1 January 1863 as specified in section IAdoptionVancouver Island’s 1862 act specifies dollar public accounts from 1 January 1863 and $4.85 per pound sterling.
C309
Evidence & research notes 2 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C309
Vancouver Island’s 1862 act specifies dollar public accounts from 1 January 1863 and $4.85 per pound sterling.
Colony of Vancouver Island; official historical statutes · Currency Act, 1862 — Vancouver Island Citation S157 ·
Open source ↗sections I–III; assent 12 December 1862
Source access and limitations
Differentiate local assent and specified public-account commencement from later imperial confirmation.
Supported C311
The 1867 ordinance establishes uniform dollar accounts across British Columbia, with an ordinary sovereign rating of $4.85 and a separate Crown-revenue schedule using $5 per pound.
British Columbia; official historical statutes, pp.164–165 · Currency Ordinance, 1867, consolidated chapter 60 Citation S159 ·
Open source ↗preamble; sections 1, 2 and 4, pp.164–165
Source access and limitations
The ordinary coin rating and the Crown-revenue conversion schedule have distinct scopes.