Prince Edward Island decimal dollar
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
- Ancestry branch
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Its place in the family
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Later adoption of an existing currency is explained below.
Trace its ancestry backward
Prince Edward Island decimal dollar
Prince Edward Island pound of account
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
The story
Practical PEI assimilation in 1873 preceded legal integration in 1881. [1]
The 1906 consolidation requires equivalent Canadian-currency payment of earlier BC and PEI debts payable after the July 1, 1881 boundary. [2]
Replacement by an existing currency
This conversion belongs to the history of the retiring unit. It does not make that unit an ancestor of the currency adopted.
- Canadian dollar · 1881
1 Prince Edward Island decimal dollar = 1 CAD Conversion terms and evidence ↗
Turning points
Adoption
Prince Edward Island changed to decimal accounts during December 1871–February 1872, with its dollar equal to Canada’s. [3]
Sources and evidence
- A. B. McCullough; Archivaria 16 (1983), pp.83–94 · Currency Conversion in British North America, 1760–1900
- Canada; historical statutory text preserved in Aldrich papers, FRASER · Currency Act, Revised Statutes of Canada 1906, chapter 25
- A. B. McCullough; Archivaria 16 (1983), pp.83–94 · Currency Conversion in British North America, 1760–1900
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“Prince Edward Island decimal dollar.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000608.html