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The National Bank of the ZAR issued £1 notes between 1892 and 1893. During the Second Boer War , government notes were issued in denominations of £1, £5, £10, £20, £50 and £100. In 1920, Treasury gold certificate notes were issued in denominations of £1, £5, £100, £1,000 and £10,000, in Afrikaans and English script.
Two shilling coin from 1949 1 ⁄ 10 d coins of British West Africa, dated 1936 and 1939. In 1907, aluminium 1 ⁄ 10 d and cupro-nickel 1d coins were introduced. Both coins were holed. In 1908, cupro-nickel replaced aluminium in the 1 ⁄ 10 d and, in 1911, holed, cupro-nickel 1 ⁄ 2 d coins were introduced. In 1913, silver 3d and 6d, 1 ...
The English word "pound" derives from the Latin expression lībra pondō, in which lībra is a noun meaning 'pound' and pondō is an adverb meaning 'by weight'. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The currency's symbol is ' £ ' , a stylised form of the blackletter 'L' ( L {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {L}}} ) (from libra ), crossed to indicate abbreviation.
£1/1/– one guinea - historically an amount paid for settlement of legal disputes, but currently still the wager on the winner of a horse race. £1/10/– (one pound, ten shillings; one pound ten, "thirty bob") £1/19/ 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 (one pound, nineteen shillings and elevenpence three farthings: a psychological price, one farthing under £2)
The 1978 series began with denominations of 2, 5, 10, and 20 rand, with a 50 rand introduced in 1984. This series had only one language variant for each denomination of note. Afrikaans was the first language on the 2, 10, and 50 rand, while English was the first on the 5 and 20 rand. A coin replaced the 1 rand note.
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After 1 August 2008, 10 billion ZWN were worth 1 ZWR. [23] Coins valued at Z$5 , Z$10 and Z$25 and banknotes worth Z$5 , Z$10 , Z$20 , Z$100 , and Z$500 were issued in ZWR. [ 24 ] Due to frequent cash shortages and the apparently worthless Zimbabwean dollar, foreign currency was effectively legalised as a de facto currency on 13 September 2008 ...
In 1932, .925 fineness silver coins were introduced in denominations of 3d, 6d, 1/–, 2/–, and 2/6. These were followed in 1934 by holed, cupro-nickel 1 ⁄ 2 d and 1d coins. In 1942, bronze replaced cupro-nickel, whilst the silver coins were debased to .500 fineness in 1944 and replaced by cupro-nickel in 1947.