Vancouver Island decimal dollar
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
- Ancestry branch
- Sterling
Its place in the family
All ancestors and descendants ↗Vancouver Island decimal dollar
This currencyChildren 0
Later adoption of an existing currency is explained below.
Trace its ancestry backward
Vancouver Island decimal dollar
Pound sterling
Frankish denier–livre
Roman solidus–nomisma
Roman as–denarius accounting
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
The story
Vancouver Island’s 1862 act specifies dollar public accounts from January 1, 1863 and $4.85 per pound sterling. [1]
The 1867 ordinance establishes uniform dollar accounts across British Columbia, with an ordinary sovereign rating of $4.85 and a separate Crown-revenue schedule using $5 per pound. [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.
Sources and evidence
- Colony of Vancouver Island; official historical statutes · Currency Act, 1862 — Vancouver Island
- British Columbia; official historical statutes, pp.164–165 · Currency Ordinance, 1867, consolidated chapter 60
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“Vancouver Island decimal dollar.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000609.html