Ive noticed that so many former British colonies during the 1960's to the present day make coins of the sam dimensions and at one point had the same value under the sterling zone during the same time period. Country's like Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, samoa , Kiribati, Malawi, Zambia, and Papua New Guinea for the most part during the 1960's - the 2000's had the same 0.01,0.02,0.5,0.10,0.20 and slightly similar 0.50 unit coins. could they circulate together ?
could other sterling zone users like Nigeria , Gambia, Ghana, Jamaica, Zimbabwe and South Africa circulate together. could British coins circulate in other commonwealth nations
These are not really classed as commonwealth countries but more like territories the coins from mainland U.K. can circulate in Scotland, Northern Ireland,Jersey,Guernsey,Isle of Man, St Helena and the Falkland Islands. Apart from Scotland and Northern Ireland all the others issue their own designs of the coins.
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Citação: "Worldwide collection"These are not really classed as commonwealth countries but more like territories the coins from mainland U.K. can circulate in Scotland, Northern Ireland,Jersey,Guernsey,Isle of Man, St Helena and the Falkland Islands. Apart from Scotland and Northern Ireland all the others issue their own designs of the coins.
could they circulate by accident or can could be seen in banks or reserves ?
Citação: "10pfennig"could they circulate by accident or can could be seen in banks or reserves ?
Mainland U.K. coins can circulate legally in the territories but not the other way round but sometimes that can be found by accident in circulation. You are more likely to find territory 1 pennies than territory 2 pound coins because the higher denominations are likely to be checked than the lower denominations.
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I'm in Australia and have come across the old New Zealand coins (pre 2006 when they shrunk them) and a couple Canadian coins in circulation that have accidently been used.
Never seen any others though. I'm sure it could happen, would just be pretty rare.
The whole reason of commonwealth currencies was to prevent coins from returning to homeland UK causing shortages overseas.
Of course coins from one commonwealth nation could sometimes be found in another but in general people didn't travel as much in those days so it would be rare. Besides, some of the Sterling Area's currencies had a different value compared to GB£. For example, the Australian & New Zealand Pounds were worth 16 British Shillings in the 1930s. And after 1971 more commonwealth currencies started to float.
I work in Retail, and it would be a very odd day if I didn't see a New Zealand 5, 10 or 20 cent piece (exactly the same weights and dimensions as Australian coins) amongst its Aussie cousins in the till. I occasionally see Fiji and Solomon Islands too. Sometimes people managed to slip us the odd Thai or US coin (typically a Quarter as a 10 cent piece). One dimwit even passed off a 1912 Florin as a 20 cent piece. It was in VG condition at best, but silver is silver, so it was swapped for a 20 cent piece from my wallet, and it came home with me.
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Ireland & the U.K. actually changed to decimal currency on the same date - 15 February 1971.
Both the Irish Pound & the Pound Sterling were worth the same until 1979, when the 1:1 peg was severed, & the Irish Pound became a fully independent currency.
The Royal Mint struck Ireland's coins until the 1970's, when the Irish Mint was opened. The Royal Mint still struck coins for Ireland from time to time prior to 2000.
New Zealand coins are legal tender in Tokelau, Niue and the Pitcairn Islands. The Cook Islands use their own coins, but our notes are legal tender there and the Cook Island dollar has parity with the NZ one.
I am not sure but suspect Australian currency is used in Nauru. The other commonwealth Pacific countries have their own coins - Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands and all are worth different amounts. The Solomon Islands dollar is quite worthless (Around 10 cents American) and Vanuatu's vatu may be tied to the French Pacific Franc (Not Commonwealth) as the Vatu derives from it.
Not sure about the Caribbean as I know many of the smaller commonwealth Islands use the East Caribbean dollar, but Barbados and Bahamas have their own currency along with Bermuda. Jamaica has its own currency too, which is now basically worthless (Over $100 to $1USD). I also suspect some of the tax haven islands like Virgins and Turks and Caicos use American dollars.
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Light Green: Currencies pegged to the USD
Blue: Euro users
Light blue: Currencies pegged to the euro
Orange: Australian dollar users
Olive: Indian rupee users and pegs
Brown: New Zealand dollar users
Red: Pound sterling users and pegs
Dark Grey: Russian ruble users
Dark blue: South African rand users
Purple: Other countries using or pegging the currency of a neighbor
Turns out Barbados, Bahamas, and Bermuda all basically use the USD.
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Nauru uses Australian Dollars, as does Kiribati & Tuvalu.
The Vatu was introduced in 1983 as a replacement for the New Hebrides Franc.
Guyana also has its own Dollar as well - which is just as worthless as the Jamaican Dollar.
The Cayman Islands have their own Dollars.
As for the Cook Islands, you can spend New Zealand Dollars there - & the Cook Islands still have a note for 3 Dollars in circulation.
Zimbabwe has quite a few currencies in circulation - some of them being from various British Commonwealth countries, including Australia, Botswana, & India as well as the Rand, the Euro, & the Pound Sterling.
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As for the Cook Islands, you can spend New Zealand Dollars there - & the Cook Islands still have a note for 3 Dollars in circulation.
Yes and they also have a $5 coin. The Cooks have $3, $10, $20 and $50 notes. I am not sure but suspect that NZ notes especially the $5 and $100 are legal tender too.
The bit about Tuvalu and Kiribati makes sense as both their coins are expensive and hard to find. Also when they were Gilbert and Ellice they used the Australian Pound and then Dollar until Independence in 1976 and 1978.
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As for the Cook Islands, you can spend New Zealand Dollars there - & the Cook Islands still have a note for 3 Dollars in circulation.
Yes and they also have a $5 coin. The Cooks have $3, $10, $20 and $50 notes. I am not sure but suspect that NZ notes especially the $5 and $100 are legal tender too.
The bit about Tuvalu and Kiribati makes sense as both their coins are expensive and hard to find. Also when they were Gilbert and Ellice they used the Australian Pound and then Dollar until Independence in 1976 and 1978.
The Cook Islands no longer use their own notes higher than 3 Dollars. Only New Zealand notes from 5 Dollars upwards are legal tender there instead.
You can spend New Zealand coins there as well - a bit like the relationship between the Pound Sterling & the other Pound currencies pegged to the Pound Sterling.
