Coins from Newfoundland (All coin types)

Newfoundland (1855 - 1949)

Information about what currencies were issued by Newfoundland, with lists of coinage, as well as periods when foreign-issued currencies were used.

Currency: Newfoundland Dollar. Used in Newfoundland: (1865 - 1949)

Currency	Newfoundland Dollar
Period	Newfoundland Dollar
Used	1865 - 1949
Description	The dollar was the currency of the colony and Dominion of Newfoundland from 1865 until 1949, when Newfoundland became a province of Canada. It was subdivided into 100 cents.

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14 products (1846 - 1942)

Product Name	Mintage
Halfpenny Token 1846 Rutherford Brothers	unknown
Ten Cents 1865	unknown
Fifty Cents 1872	unknown
Five Cents 1890	unknown
One Cent 1896	unknown
Fifty Cents 1899	unknown
Five Cents 1904	unknown
Fifty Cents 1917	unknown
One Cent 1929	unknown
Five Cents 1940	unknown
Five Cents 1941	unknown
One Cent 1941	unknown
Ten Cents 1942	unknown
One Cent 1942	unknown

Currency: Newfoundland Pound. Used in Newfoundland: (1854 - 1865)

Currency	Newfoundland Pound
Period	Newfoundland Pound
Used	1854 - 1865
Description	The pound was the currency of Newfoundland until 1865. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence. The Newfoundland pound was equal to the British pound and British coins circulated, supplemented by locally produced tokens and banknotes. In 1865, the dollar was introduced at a rate of 1 dollar = 4 shillings 2 pence, with the significance being 1 dollar was equal to exactly 50d (i.e. 50 old pence) for precise ease of exchange.

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Newfoundland: Coins Issued and Used