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Series
West African Currency Board
Catalogue reference: CO 984
What's it about?
CO 984
This series contains files, minutes, annual reports, registers and cash books of the West African Currency Board. Also includes a box of specimen coins and bank notes.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 984
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Title (The name of the record)
- West African Currency Board
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Date (When the record was created)
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1880-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files, minutes, annual reports, registers and cash books of the West African Currency Board. Also includes a box of specimen coins and bank notes.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- West African Currency Board, 1912-1965
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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58 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Africa
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- CO 984/1 contains a detailed list of the contents of the files, prepared by the last Secretary of the Board.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The West African Currency Board was established in October 1912 following the Report of a Departmental Committee set up by the Secretary of State to enquire into the currency in use in British West Africa.
The Board was responsible for the production and distribution of currency in the Gold Coast (Ghana), Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Gambia. In line with their gradual movement towards independence the four countries began to issue their own respective national currencies. The Board entered into detailed arrangements to facilitate the withdrawal and redemption of its currency and stationed representatives in the four capitals to superintend the destruction of notes and the shipment of coins to the UK.
The Board was dissolved in 1965 and its assets and liabilities were handed over to the Crown Agents who became responsible for its residual functions.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5173/
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