New Brunswick pound

New Brunswick pound
New Brunswick pound (Canadian English)
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄20	shilling
1⁄240	penny
1⁄480	sou
Plural	pounds
shilling	shillings
penny	pence
sou	sous
Symbol	£
shilling	s
penny	d
Demographics
Date of introduction	1841
Date of withdrawal	1860
Replaced by	New Brunswick dollar
User(s)	New Brunswick
Valuation
Value	£1 = $4
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.

The pound was the currency of New Brunswick until 1860. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence, with the dollar (initially the Spanish dollar) circulating at a value of 5 shillings (the Halifax rating).

History[]

In 1852, New Brunswick adopted the same standard for its pound as the Province of Canada was using,^[1] with 1 British pound = 1 pound 4 shillings 4 pence local currency (see Canadian pound). The pound was replaced by the dollar in 1860, at a rate of 1 dollar = 5 shillings.

Coins[]

In addition to British coins and Spanish dollars, copper tokens were issued in 1834 and 1854 in denominations of ½ and 1 penny.

Banknotes[]

Five chartered banks issued notes, the Bank of Fredericton (1837-1838), the Bank of New Brunswick (1820-1860), the Central Bank of New Brunswick (1847-1860), the Charlotte County Bank (1852-1859) and the Commercial Bank of New Brunswick (1837-1860). Denominations issued were 5, 7½ and 10 shillings, 1, 2, 3, 5, 10 and 25 pounds. Some of the Bank of New Brunswick and Central Bank of New Brunswick's notes also bore the denomination in dollars.

References[]

^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-11-28. Retrieved 2007-11-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) A History of the Canadian Dollar

Krause, Chester L.; Clifford Mishler (1991). Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1801–1991 (18th ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0873411501.
Pick, Albert (1990). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: Specialized Issues. Colin R. Bruce II and Neil Shafer (editors) (6th ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-149-8.

v t Canadian banknotes and coins
Coinage	1¢ (penny) 5¢ (nickel) 10¢ (dime) 25¢ (quarter) 50¢ (50-cent piece) $1 (Voyageur dollar) $1 (loonie) $2 (toonie)
Commemorative coins	Royal Canadian Mint numismatic coins (1900–1999) Royal Canadian Mint numismatic coins (2000s) Royal Canadian Mint numismatic coins (2010s) Royal Canadian Mint ice hockey coins Royal Canadian Mint Olympic coins Royal Canadian Mint RCMP coins Silver dollar Gold Maple Leaf Silver Maple Leaf Platinum Maple Leaf Palladium Maple Leaf Big Maple Leaf Ottawa Mint sovereign
Banknotes	$5 $10 $20 $50 $100 Commemorative banknotes Withdrawn banknotes
Banknote series	1935 series 1937 series Canadian Landscape Scenes of Canada Birds of Canada Canadian Journey Frontier 2018 series
Historical currencies	New France livre Canadian pound New Brunswick pound Newfoundland pound Nova Scotian pound Prince Edward Island pound British Columbia dollar New Brunswick dollar Nova Scotian dollar Prince Edward Island dollar Newfoundland dollar Early Canadian banking system
Pre-confederation tokens	Vexator Canadiensis tokens Blacksmith token Hudson's Bay tokens Magdalen Island penny token Bouquet sou Habitant token Montreal and Lachine Railroad Tokens
Newfoundland dollar	1¢ 5¢ 10¢ 20¢ 25¢ 50¢ $2 Coins of the Newfoundland dollar
Organizations and institutions	Bank of Canada Canadian Bank Note Company Royal Canadian Numismatic Association Canadian Numismatic Association medals and awards Canadian Paper Money Society Currency Museum Royal Canadian Mint
Community currencies	Calgary dollar (Calgary) Toronto dollar (Toronto) Canadian Tire money Salt Spring dollar (Salt Spring Island) Pioneer Bonus Bucks
Other	Canadian dollar History of Canadian currency List of people on coins of Canada List of foreign countries with coinage struck at the Royal Canadian Mint Royal Canadian Mint tokens and medallions

v t Currencies named pound or similar
Current	Pound sterling Alderney pound Falkland Islands pound Gibraltar pound Guernsey pound Jersey pound Manx pound Saint Helena pound Egyptian pound Lebanese pound South Sudanese pound Sudanese pound Syrian pound Turkish lira
Local alternative currency	Bristol pound Brixton pound Lewes pound Stroud pound Totnes pound
Defunct	AM-Lira Australian pound Bahamian pound Bermudian pound Biafran pound British West African pound Canadian pound Connecticut pound Cypriot pound Delaware pound Fijian pound French livre (Livre parisis • Livre tournois) French colonial livre (Guadeloupe livre • Haitian livre • New France livre • Saint Lucia livre) Gambian pound Georgia pound Ghanaian pound Irish pound Israeli pound Italian lira Jamaican pound Japanese government-issued Oceanian Pound Libyan pound Lombardo-Venetian pound Luccan pound Luxembourgish livre Malawian pound Maltese pound Maltese lira Maryland pound Massachusetts pound New Brunswick pound New Guinean pound New Hampshire pound New Jersey pound New York pound New Zealand pound Newfoundland pound Nigerian pound North Carolina pound Nova Scotian pound Oceanian pound Ottoman lira Palestine pound Papal lira Parman lira Pennsylvania pound Peruvian libra Pound Scots Prince Edward Island pound Rhode Island pound Rhodesian pound Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound Sammarinese lira Sardinian lira Solomon Islands pound South Carolina pound Southern Rhodesian pound South African pound South African Republic pound South West African pound Tongan pound Tuscan pound Vatican lira Virginia pound West Indian pound Western Samoan pound Zambian pound
See also	Dinar Pound sign Pound (mass)

New Brunswick pound

Contents

History[]

Coins[]

Banknotes[]

See also[]

References[]