Timeline

• 12.02.1714
• Letter of the President & Council of the East India Company to the Madras mint ordering the coinage of 3 Pence (silver) and ½, ¼ Penny (copper) coins for use in St. Helena; circulated in small amounts
• around 1722
• Alleged issuance of paper money of 40, 20, 5, 2½ Shillings by the local government; no notes have survived (or none were issued)
• ??.??.1819
• Rating of foreign coins:
  - Silver: Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish reals in silver) at 56 Pence Sterling; Indian Sicca (Bombay) Rupee at 25 Pence Sterling
  - Gold: Spanish doubloon (8 Spanish Escudos in gold) at 73½ Shillings Sterling
• around 1821
• Issuance of copper subsidiary coins and tokens:
  - Regular ½ Penny coin by the East India Company (ordered at Soho mint on 05.06.1821)
  - Private ½ Penny token in the name of "Solomon, Dickson & Taylor", merchant and shop owner in Jamestown (by unknown mint).
• 05.06.1821
• Prägung einer Münze zu ½ Penny durch die Münzstätte Soho
• 01.11.1823
• Rating of foreign coins:
  - Silver: Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish reals in silver) at 54 Pence Sterling; Indian Sicca (Bombay) Rupee at 24 Pence Sterling
  - Gold: Spanish doubloon (8 Spanish Escudos in gold) at 70½ Shillings Sterling
• 08.04.1830
• Rating of foreign coins:
  - Silver: Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish reals in silver) at 50 Pence Sterling; Indian Sicca (Bombay) Rupee at 24 Pence Sterling
  - Gold: Spanish doubloon (8 Spanish Escudos in gold) at 64 Shillings Sterling
• 28.02.1836
• Rating of foreign coins:
  - Silver: Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish reals in silver) at 52 Pence Sterling; Indian Sicca (Bombay) Rupee at 24 Pence Sterling
  - Gold: Spanish doubloon (8 Spanish Escudos in gold) at 66 Shillings Sterling
• 15.07.1843
• Colonial ordinance [Order in council] on the demonetization of foreign coinage beside Spanish trade coins; effective 01.01.1844. Ratings:
  - Silver: Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish reals in silver) at 50 Pence Sterling
  - Gold: Spanish doubloon (8 Spanish Escudos in gold) at 64 Shillings Sterling.
• 06.11.1879
• Governor's ordinance on the demonetization of the Spanish trade coins in silver; effective 17.06.1880
• 20.04.1880
• Colonial ordinance [Order in council] on the sole legal tender status of British coins, the Spanish trade coins in gold were demonetized; effective per proclamation on 17.06.1880
• around 1917
• Alleged issuance of paper money of 40, 20, 5 Shillings by the government; probably spurious (mix up with the 1722 notes?) as neither any legislation nor any surviving specimens exist
• 12.10.1925
• Ordinance [Saint Helena Coinage Order, No. 982] on the legal tender status of British and South African currencies; effective 01.01.1926
• 14.07.1948
• Ordinance [Currency, Coinage and Legal Tender Ordinance, No. 5] amended ??.??.1949 by Ordinance [Currency, Coinage and Legal Tender (Amendment) Ordinance, No. 12]; not put into effect immediately
  - 22.12.1948: Colonial ordinance [Saint Helena Coinage Order] effective per proclamation ["Statutory Rulers and Orders", No. 8] on ??.??.1949.

Timeline

• ??.??.1975
• Ordinance [Currency, No. 7] on the establishment of a Currency Commission and the creation of a distinct currency; effective upon constitution of the commission on 01.10.1976.
  - 16.01.1976: Legal notice [Currency Regulation, No. 20] amending the 1975 ordinance; effective 01.01.1977
• 01.01.1977
• Start of issuance of the new paper money; coins followed on 26.11.1983
  - British currency was not demonetized.

Valuation Regimes

• 1977-
• Fixed rate against British Pound