Catalog
1 Penny Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek, Transvaal Pattern
| Issuer | South African Republic |
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| Year | 1874 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | ZUID AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The South African Republic struck no domestic coinage for most of its existence, relying instead on a chaotic mix of British, German, and American currency in daily commerce. These 1874 pattern pennies were produced as part of an early attempt by President T.F. Burgers to establish a sovereign monetary identity for the Transvaal — the same ambition that produced the controversial Burgers Pond gold coinage of 1874, itself a political flashpoint that alarmed conservative Boer citizens suspicious of state pretension. The penny patterns never advanced to circulation issue.