Timeline

• xx.xx.1786
• Law [Cap. 16 (26 Geo III)] (undated) on the rating of foreign coins in the accounting currency; effective immediately:
  - Silver: English Crown of 5 Shillings at 66 Pennies; Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish Reals) at 60 Pennies; French Crown of 6 Livres at 66 Pennies
  - Gold: English Guinea at 23⅓ Shillings; ½ Portuguese Doubloon (3'200 Portuguese Reals) at 40 Shillings.
• 05.03.1805
• Law [Cap. 4 (45 Geo III)] on the rating of additional foreign gold coins in the accounting currency; effective immediately:
  - Gold: English Guinea at 23⅓ Shillings; Portuguese Doubloon (6'400 Portuguese Reals) at 80 Shillings; Spanish Doubloon (8 Spanish Escudos) at 74 Shillings; French Louis of 24 Livres (1793) at 18 Shillings; 10 US Dollars at 50 Shillings.
• 02.12.1842
• Resolution of the provincial government on the issuance of copper tokens of 1, ½ Penny of the accounting currency; was not approved by the colonial authority, but issuance began in July 1843
• 13.04.1844
• Law [Cap. 29 (7 Vict)] on the rating of foreign coins in the accounting currency; effective immediately:
  - Gold: British Sovereign at 24 Shillings
  - Silver: British Crown of 5 Shilling at 72 Pennies.

Timeline

• 07.04.1852
• Law [Cap. 85 (15 Vict)] on the adoption of the decimal currency system based on the New Brunswick Dollar of 5 Shillings and value reduction against the British Pound (from 24 to 24⅓ New Brunswick Shillings); effective 30.06.1852. Adapted ratings:
  - Silver: 1 US Dollar at 1 New Brunswick Dollar
  - Gold: 1 British Sovereign at 4.86⅔ New Brunswick Dollars; 10 US Dollars (1792) at 10.667 New Brunswick Dollars; 10 US Dollars (1834) at 10 New Brunswick Dollars.
• 18.12.1852
• Resolution of the provincial government on the issuance of copper tokens of 1, ½ Penny of the accounting currency; was not approved by the colonial authority, but issuance began in June 1853
• 09.04.1860
• Law [Cap. 48 (23 Vict)] on the mandatory use of the decimal currency system; effective 01.11.1860
• around 1861
• Start of issuance of subsidiary coins of 20, 10, 5, 1 Cents, the 1843 and 1853 tokens remained in circulation as 4, 2 Cents
• 14.04.1871
• Canadian law [Uniform Currency Act, Cap 4 (34 Vict)] on the adoption of the Canadian Dollar at a rate of 1 Canadian Dollar = 1 New Brunswick Dollar; effective 30.06.1871

Valuation Regimes

• 1852-1871
• Fixed rate against British Pound