Currency Board - Historical Examples

Historical Examples

  • Argentine peso, pegged against the United States dollar from 1991-2002.
  • Bahraini dinar, fixed against the pound sterling from 1966-1973.
  • Bahamian pound, fixed against the pound sterling from 1921–1966
  • Bahamian dollar was fixed against to the United States dollar from 1966-1968.
  • British West African pound, fixed against the pound sterling from 1913-1964.
  • Irish pound, pegged against pound sterling from independence until 1979.
  • East African shilling, fixed against the pound sterling from 1921-1969.
  • Estonian kroon, fixed against the Deutsche Mark from independence in 1992 until 1999. Fixed to the Euro thereafter until 2011.

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