In 1922, the British colonial administration in the Gambia demonetized the French five franc coin, which had been legal tender since 1843. The cost of the demonetization was equal to a year’s...
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Keyword: monetary systems
Effective monetary and financial institutions are a key to economic development. This chapter reviews the history of African monetary systems during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, tracking the shift from commodity currencies...
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