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5 cents (replaced 6d) 10 cents (replaced 1/-) 20 cents (replaced 2/-) 50 cents (replaced 5/-) The coins initially had the same size as the former South African coins. All except the 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 cent coins were in silver. The previous South African farthing coin (1 ⁄ 4 d) and half-a-crown (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 s) were not continued in decimal currency.
In 1921, notes were issued by the East African Currency Board in denominations of 5/-, 10/-, 20/-, 100/-, 200/-, 1,000/- and 10,000/-, with the notes of 20 shillings and above having their denominations expressed also in pounds (£1, £5, £10, £50 and £500). In 1943, 1/- notes were issued, the only occasion that such notes were produced ...
The zinc 5-cent coin was minted in the Netherlands between 1941 and 1943 during World War II. [1] It was worth 1/20, or .05, of the guilder , and designed by Nico de Haas , a Dutch national-socialist .
In it, the Mint declared that plated zinc products did not hold up to steam/wear tests and were rejected for U.S. coins other than the penny. Materials considered "feasible" for the 5-cent coin were nickel-plated steel, multi-ply-plated steel, and potentially another copper/nickel alloy, this time with ~77% copper, ~20% nickel, and ~3% manganese.
On smaller change notes (1–10 cents) it is shortened to “De Japansche Regeering”. [17] All Japanese invasion money used in the Netherlands Indies bear the block prefix letter “S” either followed by a number (lower denominations, 1–10 cents), a second letter, or as the numerator in a fractional block layout. [ 20 ]
The Five cent coin (commonly called Stuiver) was a coin struck in the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1818 and 2001. Twenty stuivers equalled a Dutch Guilder. 5 Cent, 1948. 5 Cent, 1999. Obverse 5 cent, 1943. Reverse 5 cent, 1943.
The obverse features the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II designed by Mary Gillick, while the reverse continued the previous designs by George Kruger Gray except the 5-Shillings coin which was designed by Coert Steynberg. The 5-Shillings coin dated 1960 however was a commemorative issue celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Union of South Africa.
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