New Brunswick pound (Canadian English) | |
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Unit | |
Plural | pounds |
Symbol | £ |
Denominations | |
Subunit | |
1⁄20 | shilling |
1⁄240 | penny |
1⁄480 | sou |
Plural | |
shilling | shillings |
penny | pence |
sou | sous |
Symbol | |
shilling | s or /– |
penny | d |
Demographics | |
Date of introduction | 1841 |
Date of withdrawal | 1860 |
Replaced by | New Brunswick dollar |
User(s) | New Brunswick |
Valuation | |
Value | £1 = $4 |
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. |
The pound was the currency of New Brunswick until 1860. It was divided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence, with the dollar (initially the Spanish dollar) circulating at a value of 5/– (the Halifax rating).