Where did this money come from?
Hong Kong dollar
A history told through its predecessors and the currencies that followed.
8 ancestors0 descendantsEstablished connections in this atlas
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DocumentedQualified
This currency also received later contributions, distinguished below from its origins.
The incoming line
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PredecessorAD 274–AD 375
Roman as–denarius–sestertius accountingQualified · Intervening stages openPredecessorAD 400–AD 700
Roman solidus–nomisma accountingQualified · Intervening stages openPredecessorAD 600–1087
Frankish denier–livre reckoningQualified · Intervening stages openLater contribution1864
Pound sterlingQualified · Later contributionLater contribution1100–1500
Astur-Leonese and Castilian solidus–dinero accountingQualified · Later contributionPredecessor1497–1603
Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accountingQualified · Intervening stages openPredecessor1821–1823
Spanish real / peso de a ochoQualifiedPredecessor1863–1866
Mexican pesoQualifiedThis currencyHKD
Hong Kong dollarDates, conversion terms and evidence 8 connections
Pound sterling Hong Kong dollar
1864QualifiedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Mexican peso Hong Kong dollar
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Spanish real / peso de a ocho Mexican peso
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Roman solidus–nomisma accounting Frankish denier–livre reckoning
Evidence period: AD 400–AD 700QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Astur-Leonese and Castilian solidus–dinero accounting Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting
Evidence period: 1100–1500QualifiedLater contribution or absorptionA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Roman as–denarius–sestertius accounting Roman solidus–nomisma accounting
Evidence period: AD 274–AD 375QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Frankish denier–livre reckoning Pound sterling
Evidence period: AD 600–1087QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting Spanish real / peso de a ocho
Evidence period: 1497–1603QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗No successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.