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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.
[4] 1 May – Free State – Firham (Transvaal) to Vrede, 44 miles 69 chains (72.2 kilometres). [4] 20 May – Cape – Wolseley to Ceres, 10 miles 29 chains (16.7 kilometres). [4] 1 August – Cape – Malenge to Franklin, 24 miles 49 chains (39.6 kilometres). [4] 4 November – Transvaal – Zeerust to Ottoshoop, 18 miles 72 chains (30.4 ...
Under the Mint Act of 1919, the British established a branch of the Royal Mint on 1 January 1923, which produced £83,114,575 worth of sovereigns during its lifetime. As South Africa began cutting ties with Britain, the mint closed on 30 June 1941 only to be later reopened as the South African Mint. [3] [4]
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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.
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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. (The £ 1 ⁄ 2 and £1 were gold coins known as the half sovereign and sovereign respectively.)