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5 Pond
| Issuer | Regeering der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek |
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| Year | 1901 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a typeset layout with a decorative lace-pattern border running the full perimeter. At upper centre, the heading reads GOUVERNEMENTS NOOT / VIJF POND in bold letterpress, with the denomination £5 at upper right and a manuscript serial number at upper left. A small arms vignette appears at the left margin. The central text panel, printed in Dutch, bears the promise to pay five pounds sterling on behalf of the Regeering der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, citing Wet No. 1, 1900, and references the conditions printed on the reverse. Two manuscript signatures appear below, attributed to the Wd. Audt.-Generaal and Wd. Thes.-Generaal, with the place and date Pietersburg handwritten between them. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse consists entirely of a dense typeset text block in Dutch, set in two columns, reproducing the relevant articles (artt. 2 and 3) of Wet No. 1, 1900, which govern the issuance and redemption of these government notes. The text stipulates the conditions under which the notes shall be redeemed, including provisions commencing 1 June 1901, and references the roles of the Thesaurier-Generaal and Auditeur-Generaal. No vignettes or ornamental elements are present; the layout is strictly utilitarian, consistent with emergency wartime issue practice. |
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By 1901, the Pretoria government had fled north and the Staatsdrukkerij — the state printing office — had relocated with it to Pietersburg, one of the last towns under Boer control. These notes were printed there under wartime conditions, with British forces closing in, which accounts for the noticeably cruder production quality compared to earlier ZAR issues. The Regeering (government) series replaced the central bank's authority entirely, a direct consequence of the fall of Pretoria in June 1900.
Pietersburg itself fell to the British in April 1901, making the window for legitimate issue of this note extremely narrow.