Commonwealth banknote-issuing institutions explained

Commonwealth banknote-issuing institutions also British Empire Paper Currency Issuers comprises a list of public, private, state-owned banks and other government bodies and Currency Boards who issued legal tender: banknotes.

Africa

Biafra

• Bank of Biafra

Botswana

• Bank of Botswana

British Kaffraria

• British Kaffrarian Bank
• Kaffrarian Colonial Bank

British West Africa

• West African Currency Board

Bulawayo

• Bulawayo Administrator's Office

Cape of Good Hope

• African Banking Corporation
• Agricultural Bank of Queenstown
• The Bank of Africa Limited
• Bank of South Africa
• Beaufort Bank
• Cape Commercial Bank
• Cape of Good Hope Bank (First)
• Cape of Good Hope Bank (Second)
• Colesberg Bank
• Commercial Bank of Port Elizabeth
• Fort Beaufort and Victoria Bank
• Frontier Commercial and Agricultural Bank
• George Divisional Bank
• Graaf Reinet Bank
• London and South African Bank
• Malmesbury Agricultural and Commercial Bank
• Montagu Bank
• The National Bank of South Africa Limited
• The Oriental Bank Corporation
• Paarl Bank
• Port Elizabeth Bank
• Queenstown Bank
• Somerset East Bank
• South African Bank
• South African Central Bank
• The Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited
• The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
• Stellenbosch Bank
• Stellenbosch District Bank
• Swellendam Bank
• Wellington Bank
• Western Province Bank
• Worcester Commercial Bank

Cape Province

• African Banking Corporation Limited
• The Bank of Africa Limited
• The National Bank of South Africa Limited
• The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

East Africa

• East African Currency Board

Gambia

• Central Bank of The Gambia

Ghana

• Bank of Ghana

Kenya

• Central Bank of Kenya

Lagos Colony

• African Banking Corporation Limited
• The Bank of British West Africa Limited

Lesotho

• Central Bank of Lesotho
• Lesotho Monetary Authority

Mafeking

• Siege of Mafeking

Malawi

• Reserve Bank of Malawi

Mauritius

• Bank of Mauritius
• Colonial Bank of Mauritius Bourbon and Dependencies
• Mauritius Bank
• Mauritius Commercial Bank
• The Oriental Bank Corporation

Military Authority in Tripolitania

• Banknotes of the Military Authority in Tripolitania

Namibia

• Bank of Namibia
• Namibia Reserve Bank

Natal

• African Banking Corporation Limited
• The Bank of Africa Limited
• Colonial Bank of Natal
• Commercial and Agricultural Bank of Natal
• Durban Bank
• London and Natal Bank Limited
• Natal Bank Limited
• The Natal Bank Limited
• The National Bank of South Africa Limited
• The Oriental Bank Corporation
• The Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited
• The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

New Griqualand

• The Government of New Griqualand

Nigeria

• Government of Nigeria
• Central Bank of Nigeria

Orange Free State

• African Banking Corporation Limited
• Bank of Africa Limited
• Bloemfontein Bank
• Fauresmith Bank
• The Government of the Orange Free State
• The National Bank of the Orange Free State Limited
• The National Bank of South Africa Limited
• The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

Orange River Colony

• African Banking Corporation Limited
• Bank of Africa Limited
• The National Bank of the Orange River Colony Limited
• The National Bank of South Africa Limited
• The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

Rhodesia

• African Banking Corporation Limited
• Bank of Africa Limited
• Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
• The National Bank of South Africa Limited
• Reserve Bank of Rhodesia
• The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

Rhodesia and Nyasaland

• Bank of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Saint Helena

• Government of Saint Helena

Seychelles

• Central Bank of Seychelles
• Government of Seychelles
• Republic of Seychelles
• Seychelles Monetary Authority

Sierra Leone

• Bank of Sierra Leone
• Charles Heddle, Freetown
• Commercial Bank of Sierra Leone

Somaliland

• Bank of Somaliland

South Africa

• South African Reserve Bank
• Union of South Africa

South African Republic

• Cape Commercial Bank
• Cape of Good Hope Bank Limited
• The Government of the South African Republic
• The Netherlands Bank of South Africa
• The Netherlands Bank and Credit Union of South Africa Limited
• The Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited
• The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

South Sudan

• The Bank of South Sudan

South West Africa

• Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
• The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
• Swakopmund Bookshop
• Volkskas Limited

Southern Rhodesia

• Central Africa Currency Board
• Southern Rhodesia Currency Board

Swaziland

• Central Bank of Swaziland
• Monetary Authority of Swaziland

Tanzania

• Bank of Tanzania

Transvaal

• African Banking Corporation
• Bank of Africa Limited
• Natal Bank Limited
• The National Bank of South Africa Limited
• The Netherlands Bank of South Africa
• The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

Uganda

• Bank of Uganda

Upington

• The Upington Border Scouts

Zambia

• Bank of Zambia

Zanzibar

• The Government of Zanzibar

Zimbabwe

• Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

Americas

Anguilla

• Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority
• Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

Antigua

• Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
• Colonial Bank
• Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority
• Royal Bank of Canada

Antigua and Barbuda

• Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

Bahamas

• The Bahamas Government
• The Bank of Nassau
• The Central Bank of The Bahamas
• The Public Treasury, Nassau

Barbados

• Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
• The Canadian Bank of Commerce
• Central Bank of Barbados
• Colonial Bank
• The Government of Barbados
• The Royal Bank of Canada

Belize

• Central Bank of Belize
• The Monetary Authority of Belize

Bermuda

• The Bermuda Government
• The Bermuda Monetary Authority

British Caribbean Territories (Eastern Group)

• The Currency Board of the British Caribbean Territories (Eastern Group)

British Guiana

• The Government of British Guiana

British Honduras

• The Government of British Honduras

Canada

• Bank of Canada
• Canadian banknote issuers

Cayman Islands

• The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority

Demarary and Essequibo

See British Guiana, current day Guyana.

• Banknotes of Demarary and Essequibo

Dominica

• Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
• Colonial Bank
• Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority
• Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
• The Royal Bank of Canada

East Caribbean Territories

• Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority (Issued as both a general issue and by each island).

Falkland Islands

• The Government of the Falkland Islands

Fort Michilmackinac

• Banknote of Fort Michilmackinac

Grenada

• Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
• Colonial Bank
• Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority
• Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
• The Royal Bank of Canada

Guyana

• Bank of Guyana

Jamaica

• Bank of Jamaica (Trading bank)
• Bank of Jamaica (Central bank)
• The Bank of Nova Scotia
• Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
• The Canadian Bank of Commerce
• Colonial Bank
• Island Treasury
• London and Colonial Bank Limited
• Planters' Bank
• The Royal Bank of Canada

Leeward Islands

• The Government of the Leeward Islands

Lower Canada

• Bank of Montreal

Montserrat

• Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority
• Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

Newfoundland

• The Bank of British North America
• Commercial Bank of Newfoundland suspended operations on 10 Dec 1894.^[1]
• The Government of Newfoundland
• Union Bank of Newfoundland suspended operations on 10 Dec 1894.^[2]

Ontario

• Bank of Toronto

Quebec

• Bank of Montreal

Saint Kitts (Saint Christopher)

• Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
• Colonial Bank
• The Royal Bank of Canada

Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority
• Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

Saint Lucia

• Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
• Colonial Bank
• Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority
• Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
• The Royal Bank of Canada

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
• Colonial Bank
• Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority
• Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

Trinidad

• Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
• The Canadian Bank of Commerce
• Colonial Bank
• The Royal Bank of Canada
• The Union Bank of Halifax
• West India Bank

Trinidad and Tobago

• Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
• The Government of Trinidad and Tobago

Virginia

Asia and the Far East

Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Bank

Bengal Presidency

• Bank of Bengal
• Bank of Hindostan
• Bank of Calcutta^[3]
• Commercial Bank
• Union Bank

Bombay Presidency

• Bank of Bombay
• Bank of Western India

British North Borneo

• The British North Borneo Company
• The Darvel Bay (Borneo) Tobacco Plantations Limited

Brunei

• The Government of Brunei

Burma

• The Burma Currency Board
• The Government of India
• The Military Administration of Burma

Ceylon

• Central Bank of Ceylon
• The General Treasury
• The Government of Ceylon

Hong Kong

• The Agra and United Service Bank Limited
• The Asiatic Banking Corporation
• The Bank of China
• The Bank of Hindustan, China and Japan
• The Chartered Bank
• The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
• The Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China
• The Government of Hongkong
• The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
• The Mercantile Bank of India Limited
• The Mercantile Bank Limited
• The National Bank of China Limited
• The Oriental Bank Corporation
• The Standard Chartered Bank

India

• Asiatic Bank
• The Government of Hyderabad
• The Government of India
• The Reserve Bank of India

Johore

• The Constantinople Estate

Madras Presidency

• Bank of Madras
• Madras Government Bank

Malaya

• Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya

Malaya and British Borneo

• Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya and British Borneo

Malaysia

• Central Bank of Malaysia

Maldives

• Maldives Monetary Authority

Pakistan

• The Government of Pakistan
• The State Bank of Pakistan

Palestine

• The Palestine Currency Board

Perak

• The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China

Sarawak

• The Government of Sarawak

Selangor

• The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
• Tong Hing Loong

Singapore

• Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore
• Monetary Authority of Singapore

Sri Lanka

• Central Bank of Ceylon
• Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Straits Settlements

• The Asiatic Banking Corporation
• The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
• The Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China
• The Government of the Straits Settlements
• The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
• The New Oriental Bank Corporation Limited
• North Western Bank of India
• The Union Bank of Calcutta

Australia

• Commonwealth Bank of Australia
• Reserve Bank of Australia
• Hutt River Province Principality

Tasmania

• Van Diemen's Land

Western Australia

New Zealand

• Bank of Aotearoa
• Bank of Auckland
• Bank of Australasia
• Bank of New South Wales
• Bank of New Zealand
• Bank of Otago
• Colonial Bank of Issue
• Colonial Bank of New Zealand
• Commercial Bank of Australia
• Commercial Bank of New Zealand
• National Bank of New Zealand
• New Zealand Banking Company
• Oriental Bank Corporation
• Otago Banking Company
• Union Bank of Australia

Chatham Islands

• Chatham Islands Note Corporation

Cook Islands

Europe

Alderney

• Alderney Commercial Bank

Cyprus

• Central Bank of Cyprus
• The Government of Cyprus
• Republic of Cyprus

Gibraltar

• Government of Gibraltar

Guernsey

• The Guernsey Banking Company
• The Guernsey Banking Company Limited
• Guernsey Commercial Banking Company
• Guernsey Commercial Banking Company Limited
• The Southern District Banking Company
• The States of Guernsey

Ionian Islands

• Ionian Bank

Ireland

• Central Bank of Ireland
• Currency Commission Ireland
• Currency Commission Irish Free State
• The Munster and Leinster Bank Limited
• Ulster Bank Ltd

Isle of Man

• Castle Rushen
• Douglas and Isle of Man Bank (Dumbell's)
• Douglas and Isle of Man Bank (Holmes')
• Dumbell's Banking Company Limited
• Martins Bank Limited
• Isle of Man Government

Jersey

• Bible Christian Church
• Bible Christian Society
• The Esplanade
• International Bank
• Jersey Agricultural Association, Trinity Bank
• Jersey Mercantile Union Bank
• Masonic Temple Company Limited
• Parish of Saint Brelade
• Parish of Saint Peter
• Parish of Trinity
• Saint Clement's Parish Bank
• Saint John's Bank
• Saint Martin's Parish Bank
• Saint Mary's Parochial Bank
• Saint Peter's Parochial Bank
• Saint Peter's Value Road
• Saint Saviour's Bank
• The States of Jersey
• Town and Parish of Saint Helier
• Town Vingtaine of Saint Helier
• Vingtaine du Mont au Prêtre (see Vingtaine de Haut du Mont au Prêtre, Vingtaine de Bas du Mont au Prêtre)
• Wesleyan Methodist Country Chapels Bank

Limerick

• Limerick Soviet

Malta

• The Anglo-Egyptian Banking Company Limited
• Anglo-Maltese Bank
• Bank of Malta
• The Central Bank of Malta
• The Government of Malta

United Kingdom

• British Armed Forces
• British Military Authority

England and Wales

• Bank of England
• The Bewdley Bank
• The Black Sheep Company of Wales Limited
• The Chief Treasury of Wales Limited

Scotland

• Bank of Scotland
• The Royal Bank of Scotland
• Clydesdale Bank
• The British Linen Bank
• The Commercial Bank of Scotland
• The National Bank of Scotland

Northern Ireland

• Bank of Ireland
• First Trust Bank
• Northern Bank
• Ulster Bank
• The Provincial Bank of Ireland
• The Belfast Banking Company

Pacific Islands

British Solomon Islands Protectorate

• The Government of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate

Fiji

• Bank of New South Wales
• Bank of New Zealand
• Central Monetary Authority
• Currency Board of Fiji
• Decimal Currency Board
• Fiji Banking and Commercial Company
• Government of Fiji
• Reserve Bank of Fiji

Gilbert and Ellice Islands

• The Government of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands

New Hebrides

• Banque de l'Indochine
• Overseas Institution of Issue

Papua

• Bank of New South Wales

Papua New Guinea

• Bank of Papua New Guinea

Riviera Principality

• Bank of Riviera

Solomon Islands

• Central Bank of Solomon Islands
• Solomon Islands Monetary Authority

Kingdom of Tonga

• Government of Tonga
• National Reserve Bank of Tonga

Vanuatu

• Central Bank of Vanuatu
• Reserve Bank of Vanuatu

Western Samoa

• Bank of Western Samoa
• Central Bank of Samoa
• Monetary Board of Western Samoa

See also

• Sterling area
• List of British currencies
• Canadian banknote issuers
• South West African banknote issuers
• List of Commonwealth of Nations countries by GDP
• List of stock exchanges in the Commonwealth of Nations

Notes and References

1. Book: Pound, Richard W. . 'Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates' . Fitzhenry and Whiteside . 2005.
2. Book: Pound, Richard W. . 'Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates' . Fitzhenry and Whiteside . 2005.
3. Web site: Reserve Bank of India : Museum : Early Issues. rbi.org.in. 5 December 2018.