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
East African Protectorate
Gambia
Central Bank of The Gambia
Ghana
Bank of Ghana
Gold Coast
Kenya
Central Bank of Kenya
Koffyfontein
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
Alberta
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 Army Bills
British Caribbean Territories (Eastern Group)
The Currency Board of the British Caribbean Territories (Eastern Group)
British Columbia
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
Connecticut
Delaware
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 States
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
Georgia
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
Hudson's Bay Company
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
Jason Islands
Leeward Islands
The Government of the Leeward Islands
Lower Canada
Bank of Montreal
Manitoba
Maryland
Massachusetts
Montserrat
Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
The Bank of British North America Commercial Bank of Newfoundland suspended operations on 10 Dec 1894. The Government of Newfoundland Union Bank of Newfoundland suspended operations on 10 Dec 1894.
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Bank of Toronto
Pennsylvania
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Bank of Montreal
Rhode Island
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
Saskatchewan
South Carolina
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 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
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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 HSBC The Mercantile Bank of India Limited The Mercantile Bank Limited The National Bank of China Limited The Oriental Bank Corporation The Standard Chartered Hong Kong
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
New South Wales
Queensland
Tasmania
Van Diemen's Land
Victoria
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
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