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New York currency † Hist. 
the standard of currency established at New York, where the dollar was set as equivalent to eight shillings, a unit of account used during much of the colonial period in Montreal, Quebec City, and Upper Canada. Abbrev. N. Y. C.
See also: N.Y.C. York currency
- 1826 (1832) It is run into various fanciful shapes in moulds . . . selling from 4d. to 6 3/4d. per pound, or 6d. to 1s. New York currency (in which trade is generally done in the Western part of the, province), while in the eastern, it is in Halifax currency, 18s. sterling to the pound, or 5s. to the dollar.
- 1905 It was not until 1820 that the Halifax, or Provincial currency, became at all general, private and store accounts being mostly kept in New York currency previous to that time, public and school accounts in Halifax currency.
- 1826 (1832) It is run into various fanciful shapes in moulds . . . selling from 4d. to 6 3/4d. per pound, or 6d. to 1s. New York currency (in which trade is generally done in the Western part of the, province), while in the eastern, it is in Halifax currency, 18s. sterling to the pound, or 5s. to the dollar.