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1 Penny Orange Free State
| Issuer | Orange Free State |
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| Year | 1874 |
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| Engraver(s) | Wolfgang Lauer |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | EEN PENNY 1874 MUNTSPROEVE |
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The Orange Free State issued coinage only twice in its history — a pattern coinage in 1874 and a small circulation issue in 1888 — making any piece from either series genuinely scarce. This 1874 penny is catalogued as a pattern (Hern O1), struck in London most likely by Ralph Heaton & Sons of Birmingham, as the Boer republic had no domestic minting capacity. Whether it was ever intended for full circulation or existed purely as a presentation piece remains debated among South African numismatists.