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1 Shilling - George V 1 Shilling 1
| Issuer | South Africa |
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| Year | 1923-1924 |
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| Thickness | 1.3 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | GEORGIVS V REX IMPERATOR (Translation: George V King Emperor) |
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South Africa's first domestic coinage — struck at the Pretoria Mint, which had only opened in 1923 — replaced the British shillings that had circulated throughout the Union since 1910. The decision to establish a local mint was partly administrative convenience and partly political signaling: a dominion coinage rather than an imported one. Pretoria's early production runs were small, and the 1923 shilling in particular carries a low mintage that has made it consistently harder to locate than its 1924 counterpart.