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Jamaican pound

Dates in use
Introduction and ending not established
Ancestry branch
Sterling

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Jamaican pound: documented and qualified family connections PARENTS THIS CURRENCY CHILDREN Pound sterlingPound sterling 1840 · QualifiedQualified connection · 1840 Jamaican dollarJamaican dollar 1969 · DocumentedJamaican dollars per Jamaican pound.Documented connection · 1969 · Jamaican dollars per Jamaican pound. Jamaican poundJamaican pound Currency history

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Jamaican pound

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Roman as–denarius accounting

Earlier as reckoning; denarius introduced c. 211 BC; accounts continue into late antiquity

Earlier ancestry is not established here.

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The story

The surviving evidence establishes this unit of account, but a fuller narrative is still being developed. Its known connections are shown above; the research page documents what is established and what remains uncertain.

Turning points

Jamaica adopted British currency as the basis of its pound system

Jamaica adopted British currency as the basis of its pound system. Spanish doubloons remained a legal-tender exception until 1901. [1]

Sources and evidence

  1. Bank of Jamaica · History of Jamaican Currency

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“Jamaican pound.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000518.html

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