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1 Penny Orange Free State

Emittent Orange Free State
Jahr 1888
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Währung Orange Free State Patterns (1874-1888)
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Aversschrift Latin
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Reversbeschreibung The denomination is displayed prominently in the central field, encircled by two foliate branches — an oak branch to the left and a laurel branch to the right — tied together at the base with a decorative ribbon. The design is restrained and heraldic in character, with the value inscription occupying the focal point of the composition.
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Zusätzliche Informationen

The Orange Free State struck very few silver pattern pieces, and this penny is among the more obscure of them. The republic's coinage program was limited — most everyday transactions relied on British and Cape Colony currency circulating by convention rather than legal requirement. A domestic silver penny of this size was almost certainly a pattern or proof striking, never intended for general circulation.

Hern's reference O13 places it within a small cluster of experimental issues from the late 1880s, before the Boer republics' monetary ambitions were extinguished entirely by the Anglo-Boer War.