Western Samoan pound
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The pound was the currency of Western Samoa between 1914 and 1967. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence.
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[edit] History
The pound replaced the German mark. The Western Samoan pound was equivalent first to the British pound, then the New Zealand pound. Western Samoa only issued its own banknotes, with British, then New Zealand coins circulating.
When New Zealand decimalized, the pound was replaced by the tala, at a rate of 1 pound = 2 tala.
[edit] Banknotes
In 1920, the first, provisional notes were issued by the government. These were overprinted 10 shillings notes of the Bank of New Zealand. In 1922, Treasury Notes were issued "by the authority of the New Zealand Government" in denominations of 10 shillings, 1 and 5 pounds. These notes were issued until 1961, when the Bank of Western Samoa took over paper money issuance. The Bank's first issues were overprints on the Treasury Notes. In 1963, regular type notes were introduced in the same denominations.
[edit] References
- Chester L. Krause & Clifford Mishler (1991). in Colin R. Bruce II: Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1801-1991, 18th ed., Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-150-1.
- Albert Pick (1994). in Neil Shafer & Colin R. Bruce II: Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, General Issues, 7th ed., Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-207-9.
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