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The South African rand, or simply the rand, ( sign: R; code: ZAR [a]) is the official currency of the Southern African Common Monetary Area: South Africa, Namibia (alongside the Namibian dollar ), Lesotho (alongside the Lesotho loti) and Eswatini (alongside the Swazi lilangeni ).
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. The pound ( Afrikaans: pond; symbol £, £SA [1] for distinction) was the currency of the Union of South Africa from the formation of the country as a British Dominion in 1910. It was replaced by the rand in 1961 when South Africa decimalised.
The rand was introduced in the then Union of South Africa on 14 February 1961, shortly before the establishment of the Republic on 31 May 1961. The rand replaced the pound with a decimal currency: 100 cents (100c) = 1 rand (R1), 1 rand being valued at 10 shillings and 1 cent at 1.2 pence. The coins bore the forward-facing portrait of Jan van ...
The Ora (symbol:Φ, ) is the local currency of Orania, an Afrikaner town in South Africa first issued in April 2004. It is pegged at par with the South African rand. The name, recalling that of the town where it circulates, derives from Latin aurum, meaning "gold". The currency is not sanctioned by the South African Reserve Bank.
These included shells, [1] ingots, gold (gold dust and gold coins (the Asante )), arrowheads, iron, salt, cattle, goats, blankets, axes, beads, and many others. In the early 19th century a slave could be bought in West Africa with manilla currency; multiples of X-shaped rings of bronze or other metal that could be strung on a staff.
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 .
The South African Bank Note Company was established in 1958 as a result of a decision by the South African Government to print South African currency locally. [1] The South African Reserve Bank formed a joint venture with Bradbury Wilkinson and Company and commenced production from a factory in Pretoria.
South African Republic. The South African Republic ( Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, abbreviated ZAR; Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Republiek ), also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer republic in Southern Africa which existed from 1852 to 1902, when it was annexed into the British Empire as a result of the Second Boer War .
Pond (currency) Postal orders of Bophuthatswana; ... Media in category "Currencies of South Africa" The following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total.
The South African financial rand was the most visible part of a system of capital controls. Although the financial rand was abolished in March 1995, some capital controls remain in place. These capital controls are locally referred to as "exchange controls", although the system has since 1995 moved towards surveillance — recording and ...