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Vancouver 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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Currency continuity

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

Pound sterlingaccount unit branching · 1 January 1863 specified
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Children / successors

British Columbia decimal dollarabsorbed into existing currency · 1867 · later absorption or contribution
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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
Fiji poundShared predecessor: Pound sterling
Jamaican poundShared predecessor: Pound sterling
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 assentAuthorization

Vancouver 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 IAdoption

Vancouver 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.

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