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21/2 Shillings - George VI Reverse Trial
| Issuer | South African Mint |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Composition | Brass |
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| Obverse lettering | SOUTH · AFRICA SUID · AFRIKA 19 42 K G 2 ½ SHILLINGS |
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| Mintage | 1942 |
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South Africa's wartime mint trials of 1942 reflect a genuine materials crisis: with silver diverted toward Allied strategic needs, the Pretoria Mint explored base-metal substitutes for the higher denomination coinage. Brass was among several alloys evaluated before the decision was ultimately made to retain silver for the 2½ Shilling denomination through the war years — meaning trials like this one never advanced to circulation.
The Pn10 designation places it firmly in the pattern series, not a proposed issue that came close to adoption.