New Jersey pound
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The New Jersey pound was a colonial-era currency used in the Province of New Jersey before the adoption of the U.S. dollar.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial currency
→
historical currency → |
| circulationForm | paper notes → |
| coexistedWith |
Pound sterling
→
surface form: "British pound sterling"
Portuguese gold coins → Spanish dollar → other colonial pounds → |
| country | British America → |
| currencyOf | Province of New Jersey → |
| denominationOf | pound → |
| distinctFrom |
Connecticut pound
→
Massachusetts pound → New York pound → Pennsylvania pound → pound sterling → |
| exchangeRateToPoundSterling |
1 New Jersey pound = 0.666... pound sterling
→
1 New Jersey pound = 13 shillings 4 pence sterling → |
| exchangeRateToSuccessor | 1 U.S. dollar = 7 New Jersey shillings 6 pence → |
| followedBy | New Jersey dollar (as U.S. dollar usage in New Jersey) → |
| historicalPeriod |
colonial America
→
pre-Revolutionary New Jersey → |
| issuer |
Province of New Jersey
→
surface form: "Province of New Jersey government"
colonial legislature of New Jersey → |
| legalTenderFor |
private debts in New Jersey
→
public debts in New Jersey → |
| monetaryAuthority |
British colonial administration in New Jersey
→
New Jersey colonial assembly → |
| monetarySystem | £sd (pounds, shillings, pence) → |
| partOf | colonial monetary system of British North America → |
| region | Thirteen Colonies → |
| replacedBy |
US dollar
→
surface form: "U.S. dollar"
US dollar →
surface form: "United States dollar"
|
| replacedInContextOf |
Coinage Act of 1792
→
surface form: "Coinage Act of 1792 and U.S. monetary system"
|
| status | obsolete → |
| subdivisionOf |
Pound sterling
→
surface form: "pound sterling"
|
| subunit |
pence
→
shilling → |
| subunitRatio |
1 pound = 20 shillings
→
1 shilling = 12 pence → |
| timeInUseEnd | 1793 → |
| timeInUseStart | 1709 → |
| typeOfMoney |
bills of credit
→
paper money → |
| usedBefore | adoption of the U.S. dollar → |
| usedFor |
commercial transactions
→
government expenditures → tax payments → |
| usedIn |
New Jersey, United States
→
surface form: "New Jersey"
Province of New Jersey → |
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