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British Columbia decimal dollar

Dates in use
Introduction and ending not established
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Sterling

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British Columbia decimal dollar: documented and qualified family connections PARENTS THIS CURRENCY CHILDREN Pound sterlingPound sterling 1866 · QualifiedBritish Columbia ordinary sterling rating;section VIII commencement caveat retained.Qualified connection · 1866 · British Columbia ordinary sterling rating; section VIII commencement caveat retained. British Columbia decimal dollarBritish Columbia decimaldollar Currency history Later adoption · see history below

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British Columbia decimal dollar

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Roman as–denarius accounting

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

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The story

British Columbia’s 1865 ordinance specifies dollar public accounts from January 1, 1866 and $4.85 per pound sterling, subject to its approval-proclamation clause. [1]

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.

Turning points

Uniform dollar accounts established

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]

Legal integration

The 1906 consolidation requires equivalent Canadian-currency payment of earlier BC and PEI debts payable after the July 1, 1881 boundary. [3]

Sources and evidence

  1. Colony of British Columbia; official historical statutes · Decimal Currency Ordinance, 1865
  2. British Columbia; official historical statutes, pp.164–165 · Currency Ordinance, 1867, consolidated chapter 60
  3. Canada; historical statutory text preserved in Aldrich papers, FRASER · Currency Act, Revised Statutes of Canada 1906, chapter 25

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“British Columbia decimal dollar.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000610.html

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