Time Period: 1820-1900

Timeline

  • 1820-1825
  • Issuance of subsidiary coinage to the Spanish Dollar for general colonial use:
    - 1820: Issuance of ¼, ⅛, 1⁄16 Dollar in silver for use in Mauritius
    - 1822: Issuance of ½, ¼, ⅛, 1⁄16 Dollar in silver for use in Mauritius
    - 1822: Issuance of ¼, ⅛, 1⁄16 Dollar in silver for use the West Indies
    - 1823: Unissued trials of 1⁄50, 1⁄100 Dollar in copper for use in Mauritius, West Indies, and Sierra Leone.
  • 23.03.1825
  • Order in Council, introduced British silver and copper coins as legal tender to the colonies where the Spanish Dollar is current; effective immediately:
    - Rating: Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish Real in silver) at 52 Pence Sterling; Rixdollar for Cape Colony and Ceylon at 18 Pence Sterling.
  • 07.09.1838
  • Order in Council, confirms the order of 1825 (without mentioning the then demonetized Rixdollar); effective immediately
  • 14.09.1838
  • Order in Council and Royal Proclamation, introduced British accounting to the West Indian colonies; effective immediately:
    - Rating: Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish Real in silver) at 50 Pence Sterling; Spanish doubloon (8 Spanish Escudos in gold) at 64 Shillings Sterling.
  • 02.02.1895
  • Ordinance [British Dollar Order], introduced a silver coin to be legal tender in the colonies where the Spanish Dollar is current (Hong Kong, Straits Settlement incl. Labuan); effective 01.04.1895 (by separate ordinances for Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements):
    - Weight 416 English Troy Grains silver 0.900 (24'260.73mg AG fine), 0.74% lighter than the Spanish Dollar.