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Pound sterling

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Roman solidus–nomisma accounting → Frankish denier–livre reckoning · Evidence period: AD 400–AD 700 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openRoman as–denarius–sestertius accounting → Roman solidus–nomisma accounting · Evidence period: AD 274–AD 375 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openFrankish denier–livre reckoning → Pound sterling · Evidence period: AD 600–1087 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain open
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What followed

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Pound sterling → Pound Scots · Evidence period: 1300–1599 · Earlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openPound sterling → Australian pound · 1929–1936 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Jamaican pound · 1840 · Predecessor connectionJamaican dollar → Cayman Islands dollar · 1972 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Hong Kong dollar · 1864 · Later contribution or absorptionPound sterling → Vancouver Island decimal dollar · 1863 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → British Columbia decimal dollar · 1866 · Predecessor connectionSouthern Rhodesian / Central African pound → Malawi pound · 1964–1965 · Predecessor connectionGhanaian pound → Ghanaian cedis · 1965 · Predecessor connectionSouth African pound → South African rand · 1961 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Cypriot pound · 1879–1949 · Predecessor connectionWest African Currency Board pound → Ghanaian pound · 1958 · Predecessor connectionZambian pound → Zambian kwacha · 1968 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Falkland Islands pound · 1987–1990 · Predecessor connectionSouthern Rhodesian / Central African pound → Zambian pound · 1964–1965 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → West African Currency Board pound · 1912–1913 · Predecessor connectionWest African Currency Board pound → Nigerian pound · 1959 · Predecessor connectionNigerian pound → Biafran pound · 1968 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Fiji pound · 1929–1933 · Predecessor connectionWest African Currency Board pound → Gambian pound · 1964–1968 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Maltese pound / lira · 1949–1968 · Predecessor connectionNew Zealand pound → New Zealand dollar · 1967 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → South African pound · 1914–1925 · Predecessor connectionWest African Currency Board pound → Sierra Leonean leone · 1964 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Tongan pound · 1935–1936 · Predecessor connectionNew Zealand pound → Samoan tālā · 1967 · Later contribution or absorptionPound sterling → Irish pound · 1927–1928 · Predecessor connectionGambian pound → Gambian dalasi · 1971 · Predecessor connectionMalawi pound → Malawi kwacha · 1971 · Predecessor connectionAustralian dollar → Papua New Guinean kina · 1975 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Southern Rhodesian / Central African pound · 1932–1940 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → New Zealand pound · 1933–1935 · Predecessor connectionTongan pound → Tongan paʻanga · 1967 · Predecessor connectionAustralian dollar → Solomon Islands dollar · 1977 · Predecessor connectionNigerian pound → Nigerian naira · 1973 · Predecessor connectionSouth African rand → Swazi lilangeni · 1974 · Predecessor connectionFiji pound → Fiji dollar, 1969 reform · 1969 · Predecessor connectionAustralian pound → Australian dollar · 1966 · Predecessor connectionSouth African rand → Botswana pula · 1976 · Predecessor connectionSouth African rand → Lesotho loti · 1980 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Bahamian dollar · 1966 · Predecessor connectionSouth African rand → Namibia dollar · 1993 · Predecessor connectionJamaican pound → Jamaican dollar · 1969 · Predecessor connectionIrish pound → Euro · 1999 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Bermudian dollar · 1970 · Predecessor connectionPound sterling → Saint Helena pound · 1975–1976 · Predecessor connection
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