British Territories Past and Present - Index

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As a complement to the narratives covering British territories here, an index has been compiled.

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Introduction

This index serves as a portal for the collectors of what is commonly called British Commonwealth coins. It covers coins only, not tokens or fantasy issues.

The index identifies territories that have / had association with Britain. Where nations are renamed, their current name takes precedence (the former name being enclosed in brackets) providing they have remained members of the Commonwealth of Nations or their name change was prior to leaving British administration. Otherwise, the original name applies. Where original territories have been subsequently split into nations, 'defunct' has been added in brackets. The index also includes supporting currencies (e.g., Anchor Money). Not all territories have issued coins authorised by the British during administration.

The links lead to boards that require searching to locate a particular thread. Once you are on the right board, a simple search (top right on every page) will give a list of threads where that name is mentioned. If there are no hits, it is likely that there are no threads on that territory or currency.

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Aden Colony - became South Yemen.
Afghanistan – no coins issued.
Akrotiri / Dhekelia – no coins issued. Post-independence bases, Cypriot currency used.
Alderney
Anchor Money - used to pay British troops in the West Indies.
Andaman & Nicobar Islands – no coins issued.
Anguilla - was in a federation with St. Kitts & Nevis.
Antigua & Barbuda - Antigua originally included the dependency of Barbuda. Name changed to include Barbuda after independence.
Ascension
Australia
Bahamas
Bahrain
Banda Islands – no coins issued.
Bangladesh (East Pakistan)
Barbados
Belize (British Honduras)
Bengal Presidency
Benkulen - aka Bencoolen.
Bermuda
Bhutan – no coins issued.
Biafra
Bombay Presidency
Bonin Islands – no coins issued.
Botswana (Bechuanaland)
British Antarctic Territory
British Cameroon (defunct) - northern sector joined Nigeria; southern sector became Cameroon (formerly French Cameroon).
British Caribbean Territories (Eastern group) - currency union of Antigua, Barbados, British Guyana, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, and Trinidad & Tobago.
British Columbia
British Indian Ocean Territory
British North Borneo - renamed Sabah, became federated into Malaysia.
British Togoland – became part of Ghana.
British Trade Dollar - introduced to promote far-eastern trade.
British Virgin Islands
British West Africa - currency union of British Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Western Nigeria.
Brunei
Burma - left the British Commonwealth – now called Myanmar.
Canada
Cape Colony
Cayman Islands
Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) – no coins issued.
Cocos & Keeling Islands – no coins issued.
Cook Islands
Curaçao
Cyprus
Cyrenaica / Tripolitania – no coins issued.
Dominica
East India Company - company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India.
Egypt – no coins issued.
Eritrea – no coins issued.
Eswatini (Swaziland)
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
Federated & unfederated Malay States
Federation of Malaya
Fernando Po – no coins issued.
Fiji
Gambia
Ghana - merger of British Togoland and the Gold Coast.
Gibraltar
Gold Coast – became part of Ghana.
Gorée Island – no coins issued.
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guernsey
Guyana (British Guiana)
Hawaii – no coins issued.
Heligoland – no coins issued.
Hibernia Coinage - enterprise by William Wood for use in Ireland.
Hong Kong
India
Ionian Islands
Iraq – no coins issued.
Ireland
Irish Free State – no coins issued, became Éire & Northern Ireland.
Isle of Man
Jamaica
Java
Jersey
Kuwait
Lesotho (Basutoland)
Kenya (British East Africa)
Kiribati (Gilbert Islands)
Kuria Muria Islands – no coins issued.
Lower Canada

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Madras Presidency
Malacca – no coins issued.
Malawi (Nyasaland)
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Maluka
Martinique
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mauritius
Muscat & Oman - was member of the Trucial States but dropped out following bloodless coup. Renamed Oman.
Menorca – no coins issued.
Mombasa
Montserrat
Mosquito Coast – no coins issued.
Natal
Nepal – no coins issued.
Nevis
New Brunswick
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New South Wales
New Zealand
Newfoundland
Nigeria
Niue – no coins issued.
Norfolk Island – no coins issued.
Northern Ireland
Nova Scotia
Orange Free State
Pakistan
Palestine Territories (defunct) - Israel broke away and declared its independence.
Papua New Guinea (British New Guinea)
Penang
Persian Gulf Residency (aka Arabian Gulf Residency) – no coins issued.
Pitcairn Islands – no coins issued.
Plantations Tin Money - authorised for use in the North American colonies.
Portcullis Money - used to promote international trade.
Prince Edward Island
Qatar
Rhodesia and Nyasaland (defunct) - present-day Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Rosa Americanas - enterprise by William Wood for use in North American colonies.
Samoa - Western Islands
Sarawak
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Socotra – no coins issued.
Solomon Islands
Somaliland - now called Somalia.
South Africa
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
St. Eustatius
St. Helena
St. Kitts
St. Kitts & Nevis - were in a federation with Anguilla.
St. Lucia
St. Martin
St. Patrick Coinage - struck in Dublin for Irish use, but were also used in the Isle of Man & New Jersey.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Straits Settlements
Sudan – no coins issued.
Tanzania (Tanganyika)
Tobago
Tokelau (Union Islands)
Tonga
Tortola – see British Virgin Islands.
Transjordan - became Jordan.
Transvaal
Trinidad
Trinidad & Tobago
Tristan da Cunha
Trucial States (defunct) - Trucial States became UAE after Muscat & Oman dropped out following bloodless coup.
Turks & Caicos Islands
Tuvalu (Ellice Islands)
Uganda
Upper Canada
Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
Virginia
Wei-Hai-Wei – no coins issued.
Zambia (Northern Rhodesia)
Zanzibar
Zimbabwe (Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia)