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1 Shilling Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek
| Issuer | South African Republic |
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| Year | 1892-1897 |
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| Weight | 5.65 g |
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| Reverse lettering | Z. AFRIK. REP. 1 SHILLING 1892 (Translation: Z. AFRIK. Rep = Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek = South African Republic) |
| Edge | Reeded |
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The Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek shilling was produced at the Pretoria Mint, which the Kruger government established in 1892 specifically to end the republic's dependence on imported coinage — a significant political priority for a state sitting atop the Witwatersrand gold fields yet unable to control its own monetary supply. The Berlin firm Otto Noll & Co. supplied the original minting machinery.
Production ran until 1897, just two years before the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War rendered the entire series obsolete. Circulation examples saw hard use in the mining camps of the Rand.