Talk:British West Indies dollar

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[edit] I'm now realising that the "West Indies Dollar"

... as it is being called on Wikipedia and the Beewee dollar (BWI$) has got to be one of the *same* "creature"(If I can call it that.) It just came-to-me that based on the time frame that's being outlined for this "West Indies Dollar" / "WID" as it's called on Wikipedia, it has to actually be the "BWI$"...

All along this title of "West Indies Dollar" wasn't really ringing a bell with me but there was a def. period just before or around the 1950's that the "BWI$" was implemented and called the "BeeWee dollar". If phetically spelled.

    • Note -- The "BeeWee" dollar- shouldn't be mistaken with BWIA ("BWee" Airways).

"BeeWee" (BWI) was used to designate anything as being from British West Indies.

It wasn't uncommon at to hear prices quoted in the fashion: $x.xx "BeeWee" example: "$2.70 BeeWee" for British West Indies dollar.

I had learned that all along that the BWI$ was the first currenct used in the islands because before that you had a brief period with the Pound but before that for a long time was a non-standardized monetary situation in the Caribbean where there was a "Florin", a US$ and a British Pound all accepted between the islands eventually giving way to just the British Pound. Then BWI$ I couldn't figure out where with "WID$" as it's called on Wikipedia would have fit in. Thie WID$ dollar must actually be BWI$ dollar?

Some other sources I just came across to double check: -In the first link. The US government has the regional dollar terminology listed as "BWI". -In the second link. Under the year 1951 - that date is listed as the beginning of BVI's opposition of the regional BWI$. -In the third link. Another person's rendition of Caribbean history, from what I see the dates appear correct for the dates I know of concerning Dominica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago in that source. -In the fourth link. Scroll down to "The Caribbean" it only talks about a BWI$.

Where'd this idea of "WID dollar" come from? CaribDigita 03:03, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Photo of the British West Indies dollar?

- Are these the BWI$ ??? or E.C.? You can see a **small** map with ("Br. Guiana") in South America included. Oddly enough Jamaica is not listed on the back?

The main website with these currencies - http://www.numismondo.com/ CaribDigita 23:45, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

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