Time Period: 1700-1900

Timeline

• 17.05.1705
• Rating of Spanish trade coins in the accounting currency (as in Angulla):
  - Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish Real in silver) at 84 Pennies
  - Spanish doubloon (8 Spanish Escudos in gold) at 112 Shillings.
• ??.??.1785
• Local rating of countermarked Spanish silver coins (stamp: cross) :
  - Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish Real in silver) at 12 Bits = 9 Shilling (lower values accordingly)
• ??.??.1798
• Rating of Spanish trade coins in the accounting currency (as in Angulla):
  - Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish reals in silver) at 108 Pennies
  - Spanish doubloon (8 Spanish Escudos in gold) at 144 Shillings
• ??.??.1811
• Local rating of countermarked Spanish silver coins (stamp: "M" and denomination in "Black Dogs"):
  - 2 Real at 18 Black Dogs = 2¼ Shillings
  - 1 Real at 9 Black Dogs = 1⅛ Shillings
  - ½ Real at 4 Black Doggs = ½ Shilling
  - heavily worn pieces of 1, ½ Real were rated at 7, 3 Black Dogs only.
• 28.11.1838
• Rating of Spanish trade coins in the accounting currency (as in Angulla):
  - Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish reals in silver) at 112½ Pennies
  - Spanish doubloon (8 Spanish Escudos in gold) at 144 Shillings
• 01.12.1864
• Devaluation of the accounting currency at a ratio of 1 : 2¼ (i.e. by 55.6%) and new rating of Spanish trade coins in Sterling currency (17 years after Anguilla):
  - Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish real in silver) at 50 Pence Sterling
  - Spanish doubloon (8 Spanish Escudos in gold) at 64 Shillings Sterling
• ??.??.1877
• Law [No. 2] of the Leeward Islands on the demonetization of the Spanish Dollar; effective immediately (?)
• 09.05.1881
• Ordinance [Order in Council] for the Leeward Islands, declares the British Coinage Act, 1870 in force; effective 18.06.1891. Amendment:
  - 03.02.1898: Ordinance [Order in Council] for the Leeward Islands, declares the British Coinage Acts, 1870 & 1891 in force; effective 22.04.1898