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After 1996, the coins carried the name in one of the country's 11 new official languages. The 10, 20 and 50 cent coins were slightly redesigned by enlarging the numerals of the coin's denomination. From 2000 coins carried South Africa's new coat of arms. From 2002, R1, R2 and R5 coins carried the country's name in two of the official languages.
In 1923, South Africa began to issue its own coins, adopting coins that were identical in size and value to those used in Great Britain: 12 pence (12d) = 1 shilling (1s), and 20s = 1 pound (£1). On 14 February 1961, the Union of South Africa adopted a decimal currency , replacing the pound with the Rand .
A map of indigenously made pre-colonial African currencies and their respective minting states. In pre-colonial times, many objects were sometimes used as currency in Africa. These included shells, [1] ingots, gold (gold dust and gold coins (the Asante)), arrowheads, iron, salt, cattle, goats, blankets, axes, beads, and many others.
The image was designed by Coert Steynberg and was previously used on the reverse of the earlier South African five shillings (1947-51 and 1953-59) and 50 Cents (1961-64) coin. The name "South Africa" and the gold content are inscribed in both Afrikaans and English (as can be seen on the pictures of the coin).
The South African Reserve Bank printed its first run of £1 (equivalent to £68.97 in 2023) notes in 1922. The Union of South Africa issued coins from 1923, in denominations of 1 ⁄ 4 d, 1 ⁄ 2 d, 1d, 3d and 6d, 1/–, 2/– (initially denominated as a florin), 2/6, £ 1 ⁄ 2 and £1.
South African Reserve Bank Currency Page Archived 13 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine; US Federal Reserve Bank historical exchange rate data; South African Currency Page, with a short description of each note. South African Currency Page (old rand), a short description of pre-1994 (apartheid-era) notes.
5-sol French coin and silver coins – New France Spanish-American coins- unofficial; Playing cards – 1685-1760s, sometimes officially New France; 15 and a 30-deniers coin known as the mousquetaire – early 17th century New France
Coins of the South African rand; Bronze plated steel; Nickel-plated bronze; Sterling silver (925Ag), e.g. EWT Medallions / Sterling Silver Crown; 22 ct Gold; 24 ct Gold (999.9Au) [5] Zimbabwean Bond Coins - 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018. South Sudanese pound coins denominated in 10, 20 and 50 Piasters, 1 Pound and 2 Pounds - 2015 only.