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1 Penny Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek

Uitgever South African Republic
Jaar 1892-1898
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Gewicht 9.4 g
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Beschrijving voorzijde Left-facing draped bust of President Johannes Paulus Kruger, depicted with a full beard and wearing a frock coat, engraved in high relief at centre. The effigy is surrounded by a rope-pattern border with a dentilated inner rim. The abbreviated legend ZUID AFRIK. REPUBLIEK curves around the periphery, reading from lower left to lower right. The portrait, modelled by engraver Otto Schultz, captures Kruger's distinctive features with fine hair and beard detail rendered in a naturalistic style.
Schrift voorzijde Log in om details te zien
Opschrift voorzijde ZUID AFRIK. REPUBLIEK
(Translation: South African Republic)
Beschrijving keerzijde Log in om details te zien
Schrift keerzijde Log in om details te zien
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Aanvullende informatie

The Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek penny was struck at the Pretoria Mint, which Kruger's government established specifically to assert fiscal independence from British-controlled monetary channels — a pointed political act in a region where Rand gold was already reshaping imperial ambitions. The mint had only opened in 1892, and early production runs struggled with equipment sourced from Germany and an inexperienced local workforce, resulting in inconsistent strike quality across the series that collectors now use to differentiate die states.

Within six years of the first penny's issue, the Anglo-Boer War had ended the Republic's existence entirely.

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