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5 Pond
| Issuer | Regeering der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek |
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| Year | 1902 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | GOUVERNEMENTS NOOT. VIJF POND. No. £5 Z.A.R. De Regeering der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek belooft aan houder dezes te betalen VIJF POND Sterling, volgens de bepalingen van Wet No. 1, 1900, waarvan Art. 2 en 3 op de achterzijde van deze noot zijn afgedrukt. Deze Noot is gewaarborgd door alle Vaste Eigendommen van den Staat zooals bepaald in Wet No. 1, 1900. Wrt. Audit.-Generaal. Te Velde, Z.A.R., Wrt. Thes.-Generaal. GEDRUKT TER STAATSDRUKKERIJ VAN DE Z.A. REPUBLIEK, PRETORIA & RIFT |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in letterpress with two columns of legal text in Dutch, headed 'ART. 2:' and 'ART. 3:', each enclosed within a plain ruled border. Article 2 sets out the terms of redemption and schedule of repayment beginning 1 June 1901, while Article 3 stipulates an interest rate of 6 per cent per annum payable annually at the office of the Treasurer-General. The lower portion of the note contains dotted lines for endorsement purposes. |
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The Regeering der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek — the Government of the ZAR, distinct from the earlier De Nationale Bank notes — issued this 5 Pond during the final, desperate phase of the Anglo-Boer War. By 1902 the Staatsdrukkerij in Pretoria had long since fallen to British forces; notes of this series were printed under field conditions as the Boer government operated on the run, and the print quality reflects that.
The war ended in May 1902 with the Treaty of Vereeniging. Notes issued that year were never redeemable in any practical sense, and most survivors owe their existence to collectors rather than to any orderly withdrawal from circulation.