Evidence coverage: 1912–1968. 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.
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Leone introduced4August1964 at10shillings; contemporary centralbank accounts use leones while WACB currency withdrawn. Original contemporary account history resolves succession; withdrawal endpoint not required.
Sources and qualifications →A separate WestAfricanpound succeeded preexisting Britishsterling circulation during1912–1913institution andissue transition; Britishsilver was actuallywithdrawn and repatriated atfacevalue. Originalscholarship explicitly identifies separatecurrency andregional succession; primaryanswer confirms withdrawal. Doesnotimply allindigenouscurrencies disappeared.
Sources and qualifications →WACB money was gradually replaced by Gambian pounds fromOctober1964 throughJune1968; the contemporary report separately identifies Gambian pound as nationalunit and reports actual exchanges and liabilities. Direct contemporary monetary and account history resolves regional succession; exact foundingday neednot be invented. Supersedes main bundle and earlier supplement held entry.
Sources and qualifications →Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
Krus and Schuler distinguish WACB establishment on 6 December 1912 from first currency issue on 26 June 1913.
C398Krus and Schuler distinguish WACB establishment on 6 December 1912 from first currency issue on 26 June 1913.
C398Large-scale WACB banknote issue began on 11 July 1916; the compilation also reports a small £9 balance at June-end.
C399Krus and Schuler report final Gambian WACB note tender ending 1 September 1966 and coin tender ending 1 June 1968.
C402Krus and Schuler report final Gambian WACB note tender ending 1 September 1966 and coin tender ending 1 June 1968.
C402The WACB remained in liquidation until 31 October 1973, after its monetary role ended.
C403WACB legal-tender status in Nigeria ended on 1 July 1962, later than national issue.
C413Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Krus and Schuler distinguish WACB establishment on 6 December 1912 from first currency issue on 26 June 1913.
p.244, chronology and legislation
Underlying annual reports and ordinances not independently inspected.
Gambia coin date conflicts with the indexed central-bank account.
Institutional liquidation is not currency termination.
Large-scale WACB banknote issue began on 11 July 1916; the compilation also reports a small £9 balance at June-end.
p.245, notes paragraph
Underlying annual reports and ordinances not independently inspected.
Gambia coin date conflicts with the indexed central-bank account.
Institutional liquidation is not currency termination.
The WACB pound exchanged at sterling parity, with commissions; parity did not imply costless remittance.
pp.244–245, exchange system
Underlying annual reports and ordinances not independently inspected.
Gambia coin date conflicts with the indexed central-bank account.
Institutional liquidation is not currency termination.
The original WACB area comprised Gambia, Gold Coast, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
p.244, membership
Underlying annual reports and ordinances not independently inspected.
Gambia coin date conflicts with the indexed central-bank account.
Institutional liquidation is not currency termination.
Krus and Schuler report final Gambian WACB note tender ending 1 September 1966 and coin tender ending 1 June 1968.
p.244, citing 1967 and 1968 annual reports
Underlying annual reports and ordinances not independently inspected.
Gambia coin date conflicts with the indexed central-bank account.
Institutional liquidation is not currency termination.
The WACB remained in liquidation until 31 October 1973, after its monetary role ended.
p.244, citing 1973 annual report
Underlying annual reports and ordinances not independently inspected.
Gambia coin date conflicts with the indexed central-bank account.
Institutional liquidation is not currency termination.
British silver already circulated locally before the WACB; the proposed sterling ancestry is scoped to that monetary replacement context.
Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R0138. Originalscholarship explicitly identifies separatecurrency andregional succession; primaryanswer confirms withdrawal. Doesnotimply allindigenouscurrencies disappeared. Replacement evidence: C1579.
p.244, formation rationale; final clause is editorial inference
Underlying annual reports and ordinances not independently inspected.
Gambia coin date conflicts with the indexed central-bank account.
Institutional liquidation is not currency termination.
Bank of Ghana first issued national pounds, shillings and pence on 14 July 1958, taking over from WACB.
A New and Independent Monetary Authority
Undated page includes an editing placeholder and stale denomination inventory.
The 1979 threshold wording does not establish the complete legal exchange schedule.
Nigeria issued its national notes and coins on 1 July 1959 while withdrawing WACB issues.
historical narrative, paragraph beginning On July 1st
Opening statement dates notes to 1912; archival research instead separates board formation, coins and large-scale note issue.
Later denomination summaries not adopted wholesale.
WACB legal-tender status in Nigeria ended on 1 July 1962, later than national issue.
same paragraph
Opening statement dates notes to 1912; archival research instead separates board formation, coins and large-scale note issue.
Later denomination summaries not adopted wholesale.
The Bank of Sierra Leone equates 240 old pence with two leones; its separate divide-the-pound-by-1.2 wording is inconsistent.
Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R0143. Original contemporary account history resolves succession; withdrawal endpoint not required. Replacement evidence: C1576.
Redenomination introduction, explicit examples
The phrase dividing the pound by 1.2 conflicts with the explicit pence examples; only the explicit 240-pence-to-two-leones equivalence is used.
The UN reports Sierra Leone introduced the leone on 4 August 1964, equal to ten shillings and subdivided into 100 cents.
printed p.100, opening paragraph
Provides issue date and unit relationship; does not establish complete withdrawal/redemption rules.
The first central-bank statement, dated 31 August 1964, still held WACB notes and coins among its assets.
printed p.100, opening paragraph; not proof of general legal tender
Provides issue date and unit relationship; does not establish complete withdrawal/redemption rules.
The WACB chronology separates institutional formation, coin issue, note issue, territorial withdrawal and final liquidation.
editorial synthesis of pp.244–245
Underlying annual reports and ordinances not independently inspected.
Gambia coin date conflicts with the indexed central-bank account.
Institutional liquidation is not currency termination.
The CBN’s 1912 start for WACB notes conflicts with the archival compilation’s separation of establishment and 1916 large-scale note issue.
opening paragraph compared with S189 pp.244–245
Opening statement dates notes to 1912; archival research instead separates board formation, coins and large-scale note issue.
Later denomination summaries not adopted wholesale.
pp.244–245
Underlying annual reports and ordinances not independently inspected.
Gambia coin date conflicts with the indexed central-bank account.
Institutional liquidation is not currency termination.
Leone introduced4August1964 at10shillings; contemporary centralbank accounts use leones while WACB currency withdrawn.
Claim-specific locators in evidence register
Provides issue date and unit relationship; does not establish complete withdrawal/redemption rules.
A separate WestAfricanpound succeeded preexisting Britishsterling circulation during1912–1913institution andissue transition; Britishsilver was actuallywithdrawn and repatriated atfacevalue.
Gardner,AColonialCurrencyRevolution; Hansardanswer12March1923
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Gardner,AColonialCurrencyRevolution; Hansardanswer12March1923
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
WACB money was gradually replaced by Gambian pounds fromOctober1964 throughJune1968; the contemporary report separately identifies Gambian pound as nationalunit and reports actual exchanges and liabilities.
Printed25–26,paragraphs84–86; currencyunitpage
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.