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1/4 Penny - George V 1/4 D
| Issuer | South Africa |
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| Year | 1931-1936 |
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| Weight | 2.83 g |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 1931 - Hern#S11 (mintage includes KM#12.2, Hern#S10) - 1931 - Hern#S11; Proof - 62 1932 - Hern#S12 - 105,403 1932 - Hern#S12; Proof - 12 1933 - Hern#S13, Mintage estimated between 11 and 56 coins - 56 1933 - Hern#S13; Proof - 20 1934 - Hern#S14, Mintage estimated between 2 and 28 coins - 28 1934 - Hern#S14; Proof - 24 1935 - Hern#S15 - 60,786 1935 - Hern#S15; Proof - 20 1936 - Hern#S16 - 3 1936 - Hern#S16; Proof - 40 |
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South Africa's farthing series of the 1930s occupies an awkward historical position: the country was navigating the aftermath of abandoning the gold standard in 1932, a move the Nationalist-Labour Pact government resisted until a sterling crisis forced its hand. Low-denomination bronze coinage saw relatively light circulation during the Depression years, as many rural and urban poor conducted transactions in kind or through truck-system arrangements on the mines. Surviving examples in mint state are consequently more common than mid-grade circulated pieces, which saw the heaviest use in the years immediately following the monetary shift.