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100 Rand
| Issuer | South African Reserve Bank |
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| Year | 2004-2009 |
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| Value | 100 Rand |
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| Reverse lettering | Panka ya Resefe ya Afrika Borwa Banginkulu ya Afrika-Dzonga ONE HUNDRED RAND (Translation: South-African Reserve Bank (in Sesotho) South-African Reserve Bank (in Swahili)) |
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| Protection description | Mirror image of the buffalo head and denomination numeral |
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The P#131 series was the last of the large-format "Big Five" animal notes before the Reserve Bank introduced the upgraded Mandela series in 2012. Tito Mboweni served as Governor from 1999 to 2009, when Gill Marcus succeeded him — notes bearing her signature were therefore only issued during the final stretch of this series, making dual-signature attribution important for dating purposes.
South African 100 Rand notes of this period are frequently encountered with UV-reactive ink failures, where the fluorescent security thread loses its glow response after extended ATM circulation — a known issue with the paper stock used across this run.