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Gambian dalasi: research record

Evidence coverage: 1971–1971. 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

Gambian dalasi

GMD · 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: 1971; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Gambian pounddecimal currency replacement · 1 July 1971
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Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Unit and issue records 1 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Gambian dalasiFTM000647 · C428
Monetary history 1 events

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

1 July 1971First issue

A US Treasury notice records Gambian decimalisation effective 1 July 1971, with five dalasis replacing one pound.

C428
Evidence & research notes 1 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C428

A US Treasury notice records Gambian decimalisation effective 1 July 1971, with five dalasis replacing one pound.

United States Treasury, Bureau of Accounts · Treasury Reporting Rates of Exchange: 1971 compilation, amendment dated 23 July 1971 Citation S198 · Open source ↗

23 July 1971 notice, Gambia paragraph, PDF p.25; duplicate at p.31

Source access and limitations

US reporting instruction corroborates the unit change; it is not the Gambian enabling law.

Duplicate scan occurrence is not independent evidence.

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