Timeline

• 15.08.1798
• Rating of Spanish and Portuguese trade coins in the accounting currency:
  - Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish reals in silver) at 54 Pennies
  - Portuguese doubloon (6'400 Portuguese Real in gold) at 73 Shillings
• 05.11.1798
• Ordinance on the stamping (stamp "TB" or "TB.o") of French colonial silver and billon coins; effective immediately:
  - Rating: silver coins at 2¼ Pennies (called "stampee"), billon coins at 1½ Pennies (called "Black Dogg").
• 13.09.1838
• Rating of Spanish trade coins in the accounting currency:
  - Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish reals in silver) at 50 Pennies
  - Spanish doubloon (8 Spanish Escudos in gold) at 63½ Shillings
• 21.08.1848
• New rating of Spanish trade coins in Sterling currency without devaluation of the accounting currency:
  - Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish real in silver) at 50 Pence Sterling
  - Spanish doubloon (8 Spanish Escudos in gold) at 64 Shillings Sterling
• ??.??.1879
• Ordinance [No. 14] on the demonetisation of the Spanish trade coins; effective ??.??.1879

Timeline

• 09.02.1804
• Rating of Spanish trade coins in the accounting currency:
  - Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish reals in silver) at 108 Pennies
  - Spanish doubloon (8 Spanish Escudos in gold) at 144 Shillings
• 09.02.1804
• Ordinance on the cutting of Spanish trade coins:
  - Spanish Real in silver cut in 2 segments (no stamp) rated at ½ Bit = 6 Pennies
  - Spanish Real in silver cut in 4 segments (no stamp) rated at ¼ Bit = 3 Pennies
• 17.06.1811
• Ordinance on the cutting of Spanish trade coins:
  - Spanish Dollar with a 8-sided central piercing (no marking) rated at 9 Bits = 108 Pennies
  - Centre plug was stamped with "T", called "Moco", was rated at 1 Bits = 12 Pennies
• 27.03.1823
• Import of British colonial silver coins (so-called "Anchor Money"), the of ¼ Dollar was rated at 30 Pennies
• 19.09.1825
• Rating of Spanish trade coins in the accounting currency:
  - Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish reals in silver) at 120 Pennies
  - Spanish doubloon (8 Spanish Escudos in gold) at 160 Shillings
• 20.11.1838
• Rating of Spanish trade coins in the accounting currency:
  - Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish reals in silver) at 125 Pennies
  - Spanish doubloon (8 Spanish Escudos in gold) at 160 Shillings
• 22.05.1839
• Devaluation of the accounting currency at a ratio of 1 : 2½ (i.e. by 60.0%) and new rating of Spanish trade coins in Sterling currency:
  - Spanish Dollar (8 Spanish real in silver) at 50 Pence Sterling
  - Spanish doubloon (8 Spanish Escudos in gold) at 64 Shillings Sterling
• 18.07.1876
• Ordinance on the demonetisation of the Spanish trade coins within 30 days; effective 17.08.1876

Timeline

• 23.12.1903
• Ordinance [Bank Notes, No. 14] on the issuance of paper money by commercial banks; effective ??.??.1904.
  - Paper money issuance by the Colonial Bank (est. 1836 - liq. 1925) after 01.11.1898
  - Paper money issuance by Royal Bank of Canada (est. 1864) after 02.01.1909
  - Paper money issuance by Canadian Bank of Commerce (est. 1867) after 01.03.1921
  - Paper money issuance by Barclays Bank - Dominion, Colonial, Overseas (est. 1925) after 01.09.1926.
• ??.12.1903
• Ordinance [Government Currency Notes, No. 16] on the establishment of a currency commission and issuance of paper money by the government; effective 01.04.1904.
  - 01.04.1905: Start of government paper money issuance.

Valuation Regimes

• 1905-1951
• Fixed rate against British Pound

Timeline

• 08.12.1964
• Law [Central Bank Act, No. 23] on the establishment of a central bank and creation of a national currency; effective upon constitution of the bank on 12.12.1964
• 14.12.1964
• Start of currency exchange:
  - 14.12.1964: Start of issuance of the new banknotes and coins
  - 31.12.1965: Demonetization of the British West Indian currency

Valuation Regimes

• 1964-1976
• Fixed rate against British Pound
• 1976-1993
• Fixed rate against US Dollar
• 1993-
• Variable rate