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In 1920, Treasury gold certificate notes were issued in denominations of £1, £5, £100, £1,000 and £10,000, in Afrikaans and English script. From 1921, the South African Reserve Bank took over the issuance of paper money, introducing notes for 10/–, £1, £5, £20 and £100. £20 notes were last issued in 1933, with £10 notes added in 1943.
The discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand in 1885 turned the South African Republic from an impoverished state dominated by farmers to one where fortunes could be made from mining. In 1892 President Kruger , facing an election campaign, ordered the building of a mint and the striking of the republic's first full coinage series.
This huge success of the Krugerrand encouraged other gold-producing countries to mint and issue gold bullion coins of their own, including the Canadian Gold Maple Leaf in 1979, [15] the Australian Nugget in 1987, [15] [16] the Chinese Gold Panda in 1982, [17] [18] the American Gold Eagle in 1986, [15] [17] and the British Britannia coin in 1987.
In all, there could be over 1,000 metric tonnes of the precious metal at the site which, at current prices, would bring in more than 600 billion yuan, or about $83bn (£65bn).
The gold half-angel of 40 grains (2.578 g (0.0829 ozt) fine gold) was raised in price from 40 pence to 60 pence (5 shillings or 1 ⁄ 4 pound) and was henceforth known as the Crown. Prior to 1551, English coin denominations closely matched with corresponding sol (2 d ) and livre (40 d ) denominations in the Continent, namely:
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all of which were identical in weight, size and gold content to the British sovereign, half-sovereign and five pound coin. These coins were issued singly and in a set of three, in cases inscribed RESERVE BANK OF RHODESIA. These coins, like the 1964 issue, were struck at the South African Mint in Pretoria.
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