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1 Pond
| Issuer | Regeering der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek |
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| Year | 1901 |
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| Value | 1 Pond |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset note with a decorative border of repeated ornamental units framing the entire face. The heading GOUVERNEMENTS NOOT. is set in large bold letterpress type across the upper portion, with EEN POND centred below in a slightly smaller bold face. A small arms vignette appears at the left, while the denomination £1 is printed in the upper right corner. The promise text in Dutch, referencing Wet No. 1, 1900, occupies the central panel, with the serial number in the upper left and manuscript date and place (Pietersburg, 1.2.1901) above the two signature lines. |
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| Obverse lettering | GOUVERNEMENTS NOOT. EEN POND No. £1 De Regeering der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek belooft aan houder dezes te betalen EEN POND Sterling, volgens de bepalingen van Wet No. 1, 1900, waarvan artt. 2 en 3 op de achterzijde van deze noot zijn afgedrukt. Wd. Audt.-Generaal. PIETERSBURG, Wd. Thes.-Generaal. Gedrukt ter Staatsdrukkerij van de Z. A. Republiek. |
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By 1901, the Staatsdrukkerij had been evacuated from Pretoria ahead of the British advance and relocated to Pietersburg in the northern Transvaal, where the Boer government continued to function in exile. These notes were produced under genuine wartime duress — the press equipment moved by wagon, staff reduced, and supply chains for quality paper and ink severely disrupted. The result is a note that looks the part: rougher production than the earlier Pretoria-issued series, with inconsistencies in impression pressure that are characteristic of the run rather than damage to individual specimens.
The issuing authority name shifted from "De Nationale Bank" to "Regeering der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek" precisely because the bank's infrastructure had collapsed — this was government paper, not banking paper, issued out of necessity.