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Catalogue description West African Currency Board
| Reference: | CO 984 |
|---|---|
| Title: | West African Currency Board |
| Description: |
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. |
| Date: | 1880-1974 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
West African Currency Board, 1912-1965 |
| Physical description: | 58 files and volumes |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated |
| Unpublished finding aids: |
CO 984/1 contains a detailed list of the contents of the files, prepared by the last Secretary of the Board. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
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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