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100 Pond
| Issuer | Regeering der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek |
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| Year | 1901 |
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| Value | 100 Pond |
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| Obverse description | A plain white letterpress-printed note of emergency issue type, with all text in Dutch set in typeset composition throughout. A small coat of arms vignette is positioned at the left of the central promise-to-pay inscription, which references Wet No. 1, 1900; the denomination "£100" appears in the upper corners alongside the serial number. The issuing location "PIETERSBURG" and abbreviated signature lines for the Acting Auditor-General and Acting Treasurer-General are printed along the lower margin, with the printer's imprint below. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in letterpress in Dutch, carrying the full text of Articles 2 and 3 of Wet No. 1, 1900, which set out the legal conditions governing redemption and circulation of this government note. The layout is plain typeset with no decorative vignettes, borders, or underprint, consistent with the emergency wartime production context of this issue. |
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By 1901, the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek had lost Pretoria and was operating as a government in the field. The Staatsdrukkerij — the state press — had been relocated north to Pietersburg, one of the last towns still under Boer control, and it was there that this note was produced under wartime conditions with whatever materials remained available. The "Regeering" imprint rather than a banking authority reflects that reality: this was a government obligation, not a bank note.
High-denomination Pietersburg issues were largely unspendable in practical terms given the collapse of normal commerce, and British forces occupied Pietersburg in April 1901.