Falkland Islands pound
Falkland Islands pound: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- FKP
- Ancestry branch
- Sterling
Where this money came from
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No successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.
The story
The Falkland Islands Currency Note Order 1899 came into operation on 16 October 1899, authorising government paper denominations from five shillings upward. [1]
Currency Ordinance defines local pound and independently denominates local contracts/liabilities despite sterling parity. [2]
Sources and evidence
- Falkland Islands National Archives · Treasury — archival introduction C550 ↗
- Falkland Islands Currency Ordinance 1987 · Falkland Islands Currency Ordinance 1987, consolidated 24 July 2025 C1504 ↗
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“Falkland Islands pound.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000223.html