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.infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Australian pound</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding: 0.3em 0.6em 0.3em 0.6em"><table style="display:table; margin:0 auto; background:none"><tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AUS-31-Commonwealth_Bank_of_Australia-Five_Pounds_(1954).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/AUS-31-Commonwealth_Bank_of_Australia-Five_Pounds_%281954%29.jpg/126px-AUS-31-Commonwealth_Bank_of_Australia-Five_Pounds_%281954%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="126" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/AUS-31-Commonwealth_Bank_of_Australia-Five_Pounds_%281954%29.jpg/189px-AUS-31-Commonwealth_Bank_of_Australia-Five_Pounds_%281954%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/AUS-31-Commonwealth_Bank_of_Australia-Five_Pounds_%281954%29.jpg/252px-AUS-31-Commonwealth_Bank_of_Australia-Five_Pounds_%281954%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2118" data-file-height="2068" /></a></span></td> <td style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Australian_1958_threepence.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Australian_1958_threepence.jpg/126px-Australian_1958_threepence.jpg" decoding="async" width="126" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Australian_1958_threepence.jpg/189px-Australian_1958_threepence.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Australian_1958_threepence.jpg/252px-Australian_1958_threepence.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></td> </tr><tr><td style="text-align: center">Five Pounds</td><td style="text-align: center">Threepence</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightpink">Unit</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data">pound</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Plural</th><td class="infobox-data">pounds</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Currency_symbol" title="Currency symbol">Symbol</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Pound_sign" title="Pound sign">£</a></span>‎</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightpink"><a href="/wiki/Denomination_(currency)" title="Denomination (currency)">Denominations</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subunit</th><td class="infobox-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">20</span></span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shilling" title="Shilling">shilling</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">240</span></span></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Penny" title="Penny">penny</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Plural</th><td class="infobox-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> <a href="/wiki/Penny" title="Penny">penny</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">pence</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Symbol</th><td class="infobox-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> <a href="/wiki/Shilling" title="Shilling">shilling</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">s, /–</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> <a href="/wiki/Penny" title="Penny">penny</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">d</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Australian_pound" title="Banknotes of the Australian pound">Banknotes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> Freq. used</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australian_ten-shilling_note" title="Australian ten-shilling note">10/–</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_one-pound_note" title="Australian one-pound note">£1</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_five-pound_note" title="Australian five-pound note">£5</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australian_ten-pound_note" title="Australian ten-pound note">£10</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> Rarely used</span></th><td class="infobox-data">£20, £50, £100, £1,000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Coins_of_the_Australian_pound" title="Coins of the Australian pound">Coins</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Halfpenny_(Australian)" title="Halfpenny (Australian)"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>d</a>, <a href="/wiki/Penny_(Australian_coin)" title="Penny (Australian coin)">1d</a>, <a href="/wiki/Threepence_(Australian_coin)" title="Threepence (Australian coin)">3d</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sixpence_(Australian)" title="Sixpence (Australian)">6d</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shilling_(Australian)" title="Shilling (Australian)">1/-</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Florin_(Australian)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Florin (Australian) (page does not exist)">2/-</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Crown_(Australian)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Crown (Australian) (page does not exist)">5/-</a> (5/- only used from 1937 to 1938)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightpink">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date of introduction</th><td class="infobox-data">1910<span class="noprint">; 114 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1910</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date of withdrawal</th><td class="infobox-data">14 February 1966<span class="noprint">; 58 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1966-02-14</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Replaced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australian_dollar" title="Australian dollar">Australian dollar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">User(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightpink">Issuance</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Central_bank" title="Central bank">Central bank</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Treasury_(Australia)" title="Treasury (Australia)">Treasury</a> (1910–1920)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Bank" title="Commonwealth Bank">Commonwealth Bank of Australia</a> (1920–1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reserve_Bank_of_Australia" title="Reserve Bank of Australia">Reserve Bank of Australia</a> (1960–1966)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lightpink">Valuation</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fixed_exchange_rate_system" title="Fixed exchange rate system">Pegged with</a></th><td class="infobox-data">initially to <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">sterling</a> at par, then at £A 1 = 16 shillings sterling</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fixed_exchange_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Fixed exchange rate">Pegged by</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Guinea_pound" class="mw-redirect" title="New Guinea pound">New Guinea pound</a> at par</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="text-align:left; background:#e9e9e9;"><i>This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>pound</b> (<a href="/wiki/Currency_symbol" title="Currency symbol">sign</a>: <b>£</b>, <b>£A</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for distinction) was the currency of <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> from 1910 until 14 February 1966, when it was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Australian_dollar" title="Australian dollar">Australian dollar</a>. Like other <a href="/wiki/%C2%A3sd" title="£sd">£sd</a> currencies, it was subdivided into 20 <a href="/wiki/Shilling_(Australian)" title="Shilling (Australian)">shillings</a> (denoted by the symbol <b>s</b> or <b>/–</b>), each of 12 <a href="/wiki/Penny_(Australian_coin)" title="Penny (Australian coin)">pence</a> (denoted by the symbol <b>d</b>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_pound&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Australian_currency" title="History of Australian currency">History of Australian currency</a></div> <p>The establishment of a separate Australian currency was contemplated by <a href="/wiki/Section_51(xii)_of_the_Constitution_of_Australia" title="Section 51(xii) of the Constitution of Australia">section 51(xii) of the Constitution of Australia</a>, which gave <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Australia" title="Parliament of Australia">Federal Parliament</a> the right to legislate with respect to "currency, coinage, and legal tender".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Establishment">Establishment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_pound&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Establishment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Coinage">Coinage</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_pound&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Coinage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Deakin_government_(1905%E2%80%931908)" title="Deakin government (1905–1908)">Deakin government</a>'s <i>Coinage Act 1909</i><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> distinguished between "British coin" and "Australian coin", giving both status as <a href="/wiki/Legal_tender" title="Legal tender">legal tender</a> of equal value. The Act gave the <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Australia" title="Treasurer of Australia">Treasurer</a> the power to issue silver, bronze and nickel coins, with the dimensions, size, denominations, weight and fineness to be determined by proclamation of the <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia" title="Governor-General of Australia">Governor-General</a>. The first coins were issued in 1910, produced by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Mint" title="Royal Mint">Royal Mint</a> in London.<sup id="cite_ref-tilley_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tilley-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Paper_currency">Paper currency</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_pound&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Paper currency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_City_Bank_Of_Sydney_20_pound_note.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/The_City_Bank_Of_Sydney_20_pound_note.jpg/220px-The_City_Bank_Of_Sydney_20_pound_note.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/The_City_Bank_Of_Sydney_20_pound_note.jpg/330px-The_City_Bank_Of_Sydney_20_pound_note.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/The_City_Bank_Of_Sydney_20_pound_note.jpg/440px-The_City_Bank_Of_Sydney_20_pound_note.jpg 2x" data-file-width="444" data-file-height="260" /></a><figcaption>City Bank of Sydney in Australia cancelled £20 banknote</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AUS-4d-Commonwealth_of_Australia-One_Pound_(1918).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/AUS-4d-Commonwealth_of_Australia-One_Pound_%281918%29.jpg/220px-AUS-4d-Commonwealth_of_Australia-One_Pound_%281918%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/AUS-4d-Commonwealth_of_Australia-One_Pound_%281918%29.jpg/330px-AUS-4d-Commonwealth_of_Australia-One_Pound_%281918%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/AUS-4d-Commonwealth_of_Australia-One_Pound_%281918%29.jpg/440px-AUS-4d-Commonwealth_of_Australia-One_Pound_%281918%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5967" data-file-height="6080" /></a><figcaption>Commonwealth of Australia, £1 (1918)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Fisher" title="Andrew Fisher">Fisher Government</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Australian_Notes_Act_1910" title="Australian Notes Act 1910">Australian Notes Act 1910</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> gave the Governor-General the power to authorise the Treasurer to issue "Australian notes" as legal tender, "payable in gold coin on demand at the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Treasury_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of the Treasury (Australia)">Commonwealth Treasury</a>". It also prohibited the circulation of state notes and withdrew their status as legal tender.<sup id="cite_ref-tilley_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tilley-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RBA_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RBA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same year the <i><a href="/wiki/Bank_Notes_Tax_Act_1910" title="Bank Notes Tax Act 1910">Bank Notes Tax Act 1910</a></i> was passed imposing a prohibitive tax of 10% per annum on "all bank notes issued or re-issued by any bank in the Commonwealth after the commencement of this Act, and not redeemed", which effectively ended the use of <a href="/wiki/Private_currency" title="Private currency">private currency</a> in Australia. </p><p>As a transitional measure lasting three years, blank note forms of 16 banks were supplied to the government in 1911 to be overprinted as redeemable in gold and issued as the first Commonwealth notes. Some of these banknotes were overprinted by the Treasury, and circulated as Australian banknotes until new designs were ready for Australia's first federal government-issued banknotes, which commenced in 1913.<sup id="cite_ref-RBA_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RBA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2015, the <a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Australia" title="National Library of Australia">National Library of Australia</a> announced that it had discovered the <a href="/wiki/Australian_one-pound_note#Historic_£1_note" title="Australian one-pound note">first £A 1 banknote</a> printed by the Commonwealth of Australia, among a collection of <a href="/wiki/Specimen_banknote" title="Specimen banknote">specimen banknotes</a>. This uncirculated Australian pound note, with the serial number (red-ink) P000001, was the first piece of currency to carry the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Australia" title="Coat of arms of Australia">coat of arms of Australia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20150505_ABC_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20150505_ABC-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gold_standard">Gold standard</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_pound&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gold standard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Depression_%22bread_wars%22,_corner_store_on_Riley_and_Fitzroy_Streets,_Surry_Hills,_Sydney,_21_August_1934_-_Sam_Hood_(3705360895).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Depression_%22bread_wars%22%2C_corner_store_on_Riley_and_Fitzroy_Streets%2C_Surry_Hills%2C_Sydney%2C_21_August_1934_-_Sam_Hood_%283705360895%29.jpg/220px-Depression_%22bread_wars%22%2C_corner_store_on_Riley_and_Fitzroy_Streets%2C_Surry_Hills%2C_Sydney%2C_21_August_1934_-_Sam_Hood_%283705360895%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Depression_%22bread_wars%22%2C_corner_store_on_Riley_and_Fitzroy_Streets%2C_Surry_Hills%2C_Sydney%2C_21_August_1934_-_Sam_Hood_%283705360895%29.jpg/330px-Depression_%22bread_wars%22%2C_corner_store_on_Riley_and_Fitzroy_Streets%2C_Surry_Hills%2C_Sydney%2C_21_August_1934_-_Sam_Hood_%283705360895%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Depression_%22bread_wars%22%2C_corner_store_on_Riley_and_Fitzroy_Streets%2C_Surry_Hills%2C_Sydney%2C_21_August_1934_-_Sam_Hood_%283705360895%29.jpg/440px-Depression_%22bread_wars%22%2C_corner_store_on_Riley_and_Fitzroy_Streets%2C_Surry_Hills%2C_Sydney%2C_21_August_1934_-_Sam_Hood_%283705360895%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1064" /></a><figcaption>A corner grocery store in Sydney in 1934 with prices in <span class="nowrap">shillings (/-)</span> and <span class="nowrap">pence (d)</span>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Australian currency was fixed in value to sterling. As such Australia was on the <a href="/wiki/Gold_standard" title="Gold standard">gold standard</a> so long as Britain was. </p><p>In 1914, the British government removed sterling from the gold standard. When it was returned to the gold standard in 1925, the sudden increase in its value (imposed by the nominal gold price) unleashed crushing <a href="/wiki/Deflation" title="Deflation">deflationary</a> pressures. Both the initial 1914 <a href="/wiki/Inflation" title="Inflation">inflation</a> and the subsequent 1926 deflation had far-reaching economic effects throughout the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>, Australia and the world. In 1929, as an emergency measure during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>, Australia left the gold standard, resulting in a devaluation relative to sterling. A variety of pegs to sterling applied until December 1931, when the government devalued the local unit by 20%, making one Australian pound equal to 16 shillings sterling and one pound sterling equal to 25 Australian shillings. </p><p>Coins of the Australian pound also circulated freely in New Zealand, although they were never legal tender. By 1931, Australian coins made up approximately 30% of the total circulation in New Zealand. The devaluation of Australian and New Zealand exchange rates relative to the <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">pound sterling</a> led to New Zealand's <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coinage_Act_1933&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coinage Act 1933 (page does not exist)">Coinage Act 1933</a></i> and the issuing of the first coinage of the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_pound" title="New Zealand pound">New Zealand pound</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_pound&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During World War II, the <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a> produced currency notes <a href="/wiki/Japanese_government-issued_Oceanian_Pound" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese government-issued Oceanian Pound">denominated</a> in the Australian pound for use in Pacific island countries intended for occupation. Since mainland Australia was never occupied or <a href="/wiki/Proposed_Japanese_invasion_of_Australia_during_World_War_II" title="Proposed Japanese invasion of Australia during World War II">intended to be occupied</a>, the occupation currency was not used there, but it was used in the captured parts of the then-Australian territories of <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Papua" title="Territory of Papua">Papua</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war_devaluation">Post-war devaluation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_pound&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Post-war devaluation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1949, when the United Kingdom devalued sterling against the <a href="/wiki/US_dollar" class="mw-redirect" title="US dollar">US dollar</a>, Australian Prime Minister and Treasurer <a href="/wiki/Ben_Chifley" title="Ben Chifley">Ben Chifley</a> followed suit so the Australian pound would not become over-valued in <a href="/wiki/Sterling_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Sterling zone">sterling zone</a> countries with which Australia did most of its external trade at the time. As one pound sterling went from US$4.03 to US$2.80, the Australian pound went from US$3.224 to US$2.24.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Decimalisation">Decimalisation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_pound&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Decimalisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Decimalisation had been proposed for Australian currency since 1902, when a select committee of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a>, chaired by <a href="/wiki/George_Edwards_(Australian_politician)" title="George Edwards (Australian politician)">George Edwards</a>, had recommended that Australia adopt a decimal currency with the <a href="/wiki/Florin_(British_coin)" title="Florin (British coin)">florin</a> (two shillings) as its base.<sup id="cite_ref-decimal_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-decimal-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 1959 the Commonwealth Government appointed a Decimal Currency Committee to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of a decimal currency, and, if a decimal currency was favoured, the unit of account and denominations of subsidiary currency most appropriate for Australia, the method of introduction and the cost involved.<sup id="cite_ref-yearbook_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yearbook-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The committee presented its report in August 1960. It recommended the introduction of the new system on the second Monday in February 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-yearbook_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yearbook-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 1961 the Commonwealth Government confirmed its support of a decimal currency system, but considered it undesirable to make final decisions on the detailed arrangement that would be necessary to effect the change.<sup id="cite_ref-yearbook_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yearbook-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 April 1963 the Commonwealth Government announced that a system of decimal currency was to be introduced into Australia at the earliest practicable date, and gave February 1966, as the tentative change-over date.<sup id="cite_ref-yearbook_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yearbook-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 14 February 1966, a <a href="/wiki/Decimalisation" title="Decimalisation">decimal</a> currency, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_dollar" title="Australian dollar">dollar</a> of one hundred <a href="/wiki/Cent_(currency)" title="Cent (currency)">cents</a>, was introduced.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under the implementation conversion rate, £A1 was set as the equivalent of $2. Thus, ten shillings became $1 and one shilling became 10¢. As a shilling was equal to twelve pence, a new cent was worth slightly more than a penny. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coins">Coins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_pound&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Coins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Coins_of_the_Australian_pound" title="Coins of the Australian pound">Coins of the Australian pound</a></div> <p>In 1855, gold full and half sovereigns (worth, respectively, £1  and 10/– sterling) were first minted by the Sydney Mint. These coins were the only non-Imperial denominations issued by any of the Australian mints until after Federation (the Sydney Mint struck Imperial gold sovereigns and half sovereigns starting in 1871, and the Melbourne Mint starting in 1872). </p><p>In 1910, .925 fineness <a href="/wiki/Sterling_silver" title="Sterling silver">sterling silver</a> coins were minted in denominations of 3d, 6d, 1/– and 2/– (known as a Trey, Zac, Deena, and <a href="/wiki/Florin_(Australian_coin)" title="Florin (Australian coin)">Florin</a> respectively). Unusually no <a href="/wiki/Half_crown_(British_coin)" title="Half crown (British coin)">half crown</a> (worth 2/6) was ever issued. Bronze ½d and 1d coins followed in 1911. Production of half sovereigns ceased in 1916, followed by that of sovereigns in 1931. In 1937 a crown (5/– piece, known as a Dollar) was issued to commemorate the coronation of King <a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">George VI</a>. This coin proved unpopular in circulation and was discontinued shortly after being reissued in 1938. </p><p>In 1946, the fineness of Australian silver sixpences, shillings, and florins was reduced to .500, a quarter of a century after the same change had been made in Britain. In New Zealand and the United Kingdom, silver was soon abandoned completely in everyday coinage, but Australian .500 silver coins continued to be minted until after decimalisation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Banknotes">Banknotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_pound&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Banknotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Australian_pound" title="Banknotes of the Australian pound">Banknotes of the Australian pound</a></div> <p>Examples of private issue paper currency in New South Wales, denominated in sterling, exist from 1814 (and may date back to the 1790s).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPitt2013158_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPitt2013158-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Denominated in sterling (and in some cases <a href="/wiki/Spanish_dollar" title="Spanish dollar">Spanish dollars</a>), these private banker and merchant <a href="/wiki/Scrip" title="Scrip">scrip</a> notes were used in Sydney and Hobart through 1829.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPitt2013158–59_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPitt2013158–59-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Private issue banknotes were issued between 1817 and 1910 in denominations ranging from £1 to £100.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPitt2013163–175_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPitt2013163–175-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1910, <a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Australian_pound#Superscribed_banknotes_(1910–1914)" title="Banknotes of the Australian pound">superscribed banknotes</a> were used as the Commonwealth's first national paper currency until the Treasury began issuing <a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Australian_pound#Commonwealth_banknotes_of_the_Australian_pound" title="Banknotes of the Australian pound">Commonwealth banknotes</a> in 1913. The Commonwealth Bank Act of 1920 gave note-issuing authority to the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Bank" title="Commonwealth Bank">Commonwealth Bank</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_pound&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output 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The first year of issue for the Commonwealth of Australia Treasury Note pound was 1913. The pictured note is from the 1913 second issue (printed in 1918).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_pound&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/13020-1944/page/74/mode/2up?q=%C2%A3A">"CBCS Pocket Compendium of Australian Statistics, No. 30 - 1944"</a>. 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Melbourne University Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0522873894" title="Special:BookSources/978-0522873894"><bdi>978-0522873894</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Changing+Fortunes%3A+A+History+of+the+Australian+Treasury&rft.pub=Melbourne+University+Publishing&rft.date=2019&rft.isbn=978-0522873894&rft.aulast=Tilley&rft.aufirst=Paul&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustralian+pound" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCuhaj2010" class="citation book cs1">Cuhaj, George S. (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=BuNA39dnuHsC"><i>Standard Catalog of World Paper Money General Issues (1368–1960)</i></a> (13 ed.). Krause Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4402-1293-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4402-1293-2"><bdi>978-1-4402-1293-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Standard+Catalog+of+World+Paper+Money+General+Issues+%281368%E2%80%931960%29&rft.edition=13&rft.pub=Krause+Publications&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-1-4402-1293-2&rft.aulast=Cuhaj&rft.aufirst=George+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DBuNA39dnuHsC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustralian+pound" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C1910A00011"><i>Australian Notes Act 1910</i></a>. Federal Register of Legislation. 16 September 1910<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 April</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Australian+Notes+Act+1910&rft.pub=Federal+Register+of+Legislation&rft.date=1910-09-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.au%2FDetails%2FC1910A00011&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustralian+pound" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RBA-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RBA_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RBA_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Reserve Bank of Australia, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://banknotes.rba.gov.au/australias-banknotes/history/">"History of Banknotes"</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20150505_ABC-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20150505_ABC_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jordan Hayne (5 May 2015), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-05/national-library-finds-australias-first-pound-note/6446022">"National Library finds Australia's first pound note, thought to be lost for nearly 80 years"</a>, ABC News Online</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:0_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStocker2005" class="citation journal cs1">Stocker, Mark (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britnumsoc.org/images/PDFs/2005_BNJ_75_9_nz.pdf">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'A Very Satisfactory Series': The 1933 New Zealand Coinage Designs"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/British_Numismatic_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="British Numismatic Journal">British Numismatic Journal</a></i>. <b>75</b>: 142–160.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=British+Numismatic+Journal&rft.atitle=%27A+Very+Satisfactory+Series%27%3A+The+1933+New+Zealand+Coinage+Designs&rft.volume=75&rft.pages=142-160&rft.date=2005&rft.aulast=Stocker&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britnumsoc.org%2Fimages%2FPDFs%2F2005_BNJ_75_9_nz.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustralian+pound" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100401072219/http://www.rba.gov.au/Museum/Displays/1920_1960_comm_bank_and_note_issue/world_war2.html">"The Commonwealth Bank and the note issue: 1920–1960"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rba.gov.au/Museum/Displays/1920_1960_comm_bank_and_note_issue/world_war2.html">the original</a> on 1 April 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Commonwealth+Bank+and+the+note+issue%3A+1920%E2%80%931960&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rba.gov.au%2FMuseum%2FDisplays%2F1920_1960_comm_bank_and_note_issue%2Fworld_war2.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustralian+pound" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Historical rates derived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://users.erols.com/kurrency/au.htm">"Tables of modern monetary history: Australia"</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://users.erols.com/kurrency/asia.htm">"Tables of modern monetary history: Asia"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070219231722/http://users.erols.com/kurrency/asia.htm">Archived</a> 19 February 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (India's section), and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf">"Foreign Currency Units per 1 U.S. dollar, 1948–2005, PACIFIC Exchange Rate Service"</a>. Each source may contradict one another. The rates above are the "most plausible facts" derived from these web pages.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-decimal-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-decimal_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=reports/1902/1902_ppd4.pdf">"Report from the Select Committee on Coinage"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Commonwealth of Australia. 3 April 1902.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Report+from+the+Select+Committee+on+Coinage&rft.date=1902-04-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aph.gov.au%2FParliamentary_Business%2FCommittees%2FHouse_of_Representatives_Committees%3Furl%3Dreports%2F1902%2F1902_ppd4.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustralian+pound" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-yearbook-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-yearbook_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-yearbook_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-yearbook_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-yearbook_14-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCommonwealth_of_Australia1963" class="citation web cs1">Commonwealth of Australia (1963). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/1301.01963">"Chapter 20. Private finance"</a>. <i>Year Book Australia</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 July</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Year+Book+Australia&rft.atitle=Chapter+20.+Private+finance&rft.date=1963&rft.au=Commonwealth+of+Australia&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abs.gov.au%2FAUSSTATS%2Fabs%40.nsf%2FDetailsPage%2F1301.01963&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustralian+pound" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDepartment_of_Foreign_Affairs_and_Trade2009" class="citation web cs1">Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (November 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523201355/http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/currency.html">"Our currency"</a>. <i>About Australia</i>. Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/currency.html">the original</a> on 23 May 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 July</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=About+Australia&rft.atitle=Our+currency&rft.date=2009-11&rft.au=Department+of+Foreign+Affairs+and+Trade&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dfat.gov.au%2Ffacts%2Fcurrency.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustralian+pound" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPitt2013158-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPitt2013158_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPitt2013">Pitt 2013</a>, p. 158.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPitt2013158–59-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPitt2013158–59_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPitt2013">Pitt 2013</a>, pp. 158–59.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPitt2013163–175-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPitt2013163–175_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPitt2013">Pitt 2013</a>, pp. 163–175.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_pound&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPitt2013" class="citation book cs1">Pitt, Michael T., ed. (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=eLjpnQEACAAJ"><i>Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values</i></a> (25 ed.). Renniks Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9873386-2-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9873386-2-4"><bdi>978-0-9873386-2-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Renniks+Australian+Coin+and+Banknote+Values&rft.edition=25&rft.pub=Renniks+Publications&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-0-9873386-2-4&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DeLjpnQEACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAustralian+pound" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australian_pound&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cruzis-coins.com/">Cruzi's Coins</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210422143214/http://www.cruzis-coins.com/">Archived</a> 22 April 2021 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070407194425/http://www.australianstamp.com/coin-web/aust/cwealth.htm">Commonwealth Pre-Decimal Currency</a> (archived)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100306144151/http://www.bluesheet.com.au/">Australian Pre-Decimal Coins</a> (archived)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onlinecoin.club/Coins/Country/Australia/">Coins from Australia</a> – Online Coin Club</li></ul> <table class="wikitable" style="margin: 0.5em auto; clear: both; font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align: center;"> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Preceded by:<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">Sterling</a></b><br /><small><b>Ratio:</b> at par</small> </td> <td style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><b>Currency of <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></b> <br />1910 – 1966 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Succeeded by:<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Australian_dollar" title="Australian dollar">Australian dollar</a></b><br /><small><b>Reason:</b> <a href="/wiki/Decimalisation" title="Decimalisation">decimalisation</a></small><br /><small><b>Ratio:</b> 2 dollars = 1 pound</small> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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href="/wiki/Coins_of_the_Australian_dollar" title="Coins of the Australian dollar">Coins</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Australian_one-cent_coin" title="Australian one-cent coin">1c</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Australian_two-cent_coin" title="Australian two-cent coin">2c</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_five-cent_coin" title="Australian five-cent coin">5c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_ten-cent_coin" title="Australian ten-cent coin">10c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_twenty-cent_coin" title="Australian twenty-cent coin">20c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_fifty-cent_coin" title="Australian fifty-cent coin">50c</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Australian_round_fifty-cent_coin" title="Australian round fifty-cent coin">round</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_one-dollar_coin" title="Australian one-dollar coin">$1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_two-dollar_coin" title="Australian two-dollar coin">$2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commemorative_coins_of_Australia" title="Commemorative coins of Australia">Commemorative</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Australian_dollar" title="Banknotes of the Australian dollar">Banknotes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Australian_one-dollar_note" title="Australian one-dollar note">$1</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Australian_two-dollar_note" title="Australian two-dollar note">$2</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_five-dollar_note" title="Australian five-dollar note">$5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_ten-dollar_note" title="Australian ten-dollar note">$10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_twenty-dollar_note" title="Australian twenty-dollar note">$20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_fifty-dollar_note" title="Australian fifty-dollar note">$50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_one-hundred-dollar_note" title="Australian one-hundred-dollar note">$100</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Pre-decimal (₤sd)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Coins_of_Australia" title="Coins of Australia">Coins</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Coins_of_the_Australian_pound" title="Coins of the Australian pound">₤</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Halfpenny_(Australian)" title="Halfpenny (Australian)">halfpenny (<span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>d)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Penny_(Australian_coin)" title="Penny (Australian coin)">penny (1d)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Threepence_(Australian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Threepence (Australian)">threepence (3d)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sixpence_(Australian)" title="Sixpence (Australian)">sixpence (6d)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shilling_(Australian)" title="Shilling (Australian)">shilling (1/-)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Florin_(Australian_coin)" title="Florin (Australian coin)">florin (2/-)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crown_(Australian_coin)" title="Crown (Australian coin)">crown (5/-)</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Australian_pound" title="Banknotes of the Australian pound">Banknotes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Australian_five-shilling_note" title="Australian five-shilling note">5/-</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Australian_ten-shilling_note" title="Australian ten-shilling note">10/-</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Australian_one-pound_note" title="Australian one-pound note">₤1</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Australian_five-pound_note" title="Australian five-pound note">₤5</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Australian_ten-pound_note" title="Australian ten-pound note">₤10</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Australian_pound#Issuance_of_the_Australian_pound_banknote_(1913–1965)" title="Banknotes of the Australian pound">₤20</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Australian_pound#Issuance_of_the_Australian_pound_banknote_(1913–1965)" title="Banknotes of the Australian 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(currency)">pound</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Lira" title="Lira">lira</a></i>, or similar</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Circulating</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_pound" title="Egyptian pound">Egyptian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanese_pound" title="Lebanese pound">Lebanese pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">Pound sterling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alderney_pound" title="Alderney pound">Alderney pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands_pound" title="Falkland Islands pound">Falkland Islands pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibraltar_pound" title="Gibraltar pound">Gibraltar pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guernsey_pound" title="Guernsey pound">Guernsey pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_pound" title="Jersey pound">Jersey pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manx_pound" title="Manx pound">Manx pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena_pound" title="Saint Helena pound">Saint Helena pound</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Sudanese_pound" title="South Sudanese pound">South Sudanese pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudanese_pound" title="Sudanese pound">Sudanese pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_pound" title="Syrian pound">Syrian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_lira" title="Turkish lira">Turkish lira</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Local alternative currency</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_pound" title="Bristol pound">Bristol pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brixton#Brixton_pound" title="Brixton">Brixton pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_pound" title="Exeter pound">Exeter pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewes_pound" title="Lewes pound">Lewes pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_pound" title="Liverpool pound">Liverpool pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stroud_pound" title="Stroud pound">Stroud pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Totnes_pound" title="Totnes pound">Totnes pound</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mina_(unit)" title="Mina (unit)">Aeginetan mina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AM-Lira" title="AM-Lira">AM-Lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angevin_pound" title="Angevin pound">Angevin pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mina_(unit)" title="Mina (unit)">Attic mina</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Australian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahamian_pound" title="Bahamian pound">Bahamian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermudian_pound" title="Bermudian pound">Bermudian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biafran_pound" title="Biafran pound">Biafran pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_West_African_pound" title="British West African pound">British West African pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pound_(mass)#Byzantine_litra" title="Pound (mass)">Byzantine litra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_pound" title="Canadian pound">Canadian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_pound" title="Connecticut pound">Connecticut pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypriot_pound" title="Cypriot pound">Cypriot pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_pound" title="Delaware pound">Delaware pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fijian_pound" title="Fijian pound">Fijian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_livre" title="French livre">French livre</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Livre_parisis" title="Livre parisis">Livre parisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livre_tournois" title="Livre tournois">Livre tournois</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_colonial_livre" title="French colonial livre">French colonial livre</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe_livre" title="Guadeloupe livre">Guadeloupe livre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haitian_livre" title="Haitian livre">Haitian livre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_France_livre" title="New France livre">New France livre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia_livre" title="Saint Lucia livre">Saint Lucia livre</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambian_pound" title="Gambian pound">Gambian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_pound" title="Georgia pound">Georgia pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghanaian_pound" title="Ghanaian pound">Ghanaian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_pound" title="Irish pound">Irish punt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_pound" title="Israeli pound">Israeli lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_lira" title="Italian lira">Italian lira</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Italian_East_African_lira" title="Italian East African lira">Italian East African lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Somaliland_lira" title="Italian Somaliland lira">Italian Somaliland lira</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaca_pound" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaca pound">Jaca pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaican_pound" title="Jamaican pound">Jamaican pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_government-issued_Oceanian_pound" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese government-issued Oceanian pound">Japanese government-issued Oceanian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_livre" title="Jersey livre">Jersey livre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_pound" title="Libyan pound">Libyan pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lombardo-Venetian_lira" title="Lombardo-Venetian lira">Lombardo-Venetian lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luccan_lira" title="Luccan lira">Luccan lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_livre" title="Luxembourg livre">Luxembourg livre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malawian_pound" title="Malawian pound">Malawian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maltese_lira" title="Maltese lira">Maltese pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryland_pound" title="Maryland pound">Maryland pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_pound" title="Massachusetts pound">Massachusetts pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick_pound" title="New Brunswick pound">New Brunswick pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Guinean_pound" title="New Guinean pound">New Guinean pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_pound" title="New Hampshire pound">New Hampshire pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_pound" title="New Jersey pound">New Jersey pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_pound" title="New York pound">New York pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_pound" title="New Zealand pound">New Zealand pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_pound" title="Newfoundland pound">Newfoundland pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_pound" title="Nigerian pound">Nigerian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_pound" title="North Carolina pound">North Carolina pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotian_pound" title="Nova Scotian pound">Nova Scotian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_lira" title="Ottoman lira">Ottoman lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestine_pound" title="Palestine pound">Palestine pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papal_lira" title="Papal lira">Papal lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parman_lira" title="Parman lira">Parman lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_pound" title="Pennsylvania pound">Pennsylvania pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peruvian_libra" title="Peruvian libra">Peruvian libra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pound_Scots" title="Pound Scots">Pound Scots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island_pound" title="Prince Edward Island pound">Prince Edward Island pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_pound" title="Rhode Island pound">Rhode Island pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodesian_pound" title="Rhodesian pound">Rhodesian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland_pound" title="Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound">Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_pound" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman pound">Roman pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sammarinese_lira" title="Sammarinese lira">Sammarinese lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sardinian_lira" title="Sardinian lira">Sardinian lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_pound" title="Solomon Islands pound">Solomon Islands pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_pound" title="South Carolina pound">South Carolina pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesian_pound" title="Southern Rhodesian pound">Southern Rhodesian pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_African_pound" title="South African pound">South African pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_African_pound" title="South West African pound">South West African pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tongan_pound" title="Tongan pound">Tongan pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripolitanian_lira" title="Tripolitanian lira">Tripolitanian lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuscan_lira" title="Tuscan lira">Tuscan lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_lira" title="Vatican lira">Vatican lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_lira" title="Venetian lira">Venetian lira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_pound" title="Virginia pound">Virginia pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Samoan_pound" title="Western Samoan pound">Western Samoan pound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zambian_pound" title="Zambian pound">Zambian pound</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historical antecedents (mass)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Roman_units_of_measurement#Weight" title="Ancient Roman units of measurement">Roman pound</a> (<i>libra</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pound_(mass)#Tower_pound" title="Pound (mass)">Moneyer's pound</a> (England)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grzywna_(unit)" title="Grzywna (unit)">Grzywna</a> (<a href="/wiki/Grivna" title="Grivna">Grivna</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pound_sign" title="Pound sign">Pound sign</a> (£)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinar" title="Dinar">Dinar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pound_(mass)" title="Pound (mass)">Pound (mass)</a> (℔)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_currency" title="Roman currency">Roman currency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolingian_monetary_system" title="Carolingian monetary system">Carolingian monetary system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C2%A3sd" title="£sd">£sd</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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