as part of a temporary, so-called "Monetary, Economic and Social Union" prior to German reunification. between what ultimately became the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, between 1928 and 1979. The Irish Pound was held at exactly the same value as Sterling for this period, although it was not accepted for payments in the UK. between the Empire of Japan and the Korean Empire during the latter's forced protectorate (1905-1910) and occupation (1910-1945) by Japan using the Japanese yen and Korean yen. Never materialized proposed Pan-American monetary union – abandoned in the form proposed by Argentina proposed monetary union between the United Kingdom and Norway using the pound sterling during the late 1940s and early 1950s proposed gold-backed, pan-African monetary union put forward by Muammar Gaddafi prior to his death See also List of pegged currencies North American Currency Union (Amero) References Further reading Acocella, N. and Di Bartolomeo, G. and Tirelli, P. [2007], ‘Monetary conservatism and fiscal coordination in a monetary union’, in: ‘Economics Letters’, 94(1): 56–63. External links West Africa opts for currency union Economist- Antipodean currencies (Australia and New Zealand) Reasons for the collapse of the Rouble Zone OECD Development Centre – the Rand Zone Union International macroeconomics Proposed currencies Economic integration