1 Penny "Kaalpenny"

Features

Issuer	South African Republic (South Africa (pre-Union))
Period	South African Republic (1874-1902)
Type	Emergency coinage › Official necessity coins
Year	1900
Value	1 Penny (1⁄240)
Currency	Z.A.R. Pond (1874-1902)
Composition	Copper
Weight	9.45 g
Diameter	30.8 mm
Thickness	1.98 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 231219
References	Hern# Z63, Z64 Brian Hern, Peter Wilson (ed.), Henk Loots (ed.); 2017. Hern's Handbook on South African Coins and Patterns 2017/18 (9^th Edition). Gary Levitan, Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Obverse

Blank planchet with rim.

Reverse

Blank planchet with rim.

Edge

Plain

Comments

As the Boers were fleeing the English invasion into the ZAR, they took with them their gold, blank planchets and coin press. During the war, coins were issued in the field and as there was no time to stamp the coins, they were given out blank to the soldiers. There are blank coins in the following denominations: 1 penny with and without rim, 3 pence, 6 pence, half crown, half pound, pound with and without rim.

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Date		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1900)	with rim	100%
ND (1900)	without rim, 2 examples known	17%

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