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.

1 History
2 Banknotes
3 References
4 External links

[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 1915, the first, provisional notes (dated 1914 but issued 1915) were issued by the New Zealand Occupying Military force. These were overprinted one pound and five pound notes of the Bank of New Zealand signed by Lt. Colonel Logan. Overprinted Ten shillings notes of the Bank of New Zealand were added in 1920. 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

Krause, Chester L. and Clifford Mishler (1991). Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1801-1991, 18th ed., Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-150-1.
Pick, Albert (1994). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: General Issues, Colin R. Bruce II and Neil Shafer (editors), 7th ed., Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-207-9.
R.H.Griffin (1987). Bank of New Zealand Banknotes 1861 - 1934, 1th ed., Bank of New Zealand archives.