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South Africa banknotes
South Africa paper money catalog and South African currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • British currency, 1835-1920
  • South African Pound = 20 Shillings = 240 Pence, 1920-1961
  • Rand = (1/2 South African Pound) = 100 Cents, from 1961

• South African currency was used:
  • Botswana, 1920-1976
  • Lesotho, 1920-1980
  • Namibia, 1961-1993
  • Southern Rhodesia, 1920-1940
  • South West Africa, 1920-1961
  • Swaziland, 1920-1974

• To purchase South African banknotes, please check our inventory :
  World banknotes countries A-Z

Pick #	Date
		Boer Republic
48-53	(1891-9)	1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 pounds
		Anglo-Boer War
54-59	1900	1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 pounds; Pretoria
60-65	1901	1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 pounds; Pietersburg
66-68	1902	1, 5, 10, 20 pounds; Te Velde
69-73	1902	1, 5, 100, 1.000, 10.000 pounds
		Republic
74-78	1921-26	10 shillings, 1, 5, 20, 100 pounds
79-81	1925-28	10 shillings, 1, 5 pounds
82-89	1926-47	10 shillings, 1, 1, 5, 5, 10, 20, 100 pounds
90-101	1948-59	10 shillings, 1, 1, 5, 5, 10, 20, 100 pounds
102-108A	(1961)	1, 1, 2, 2, 10, 10, 20, 20 rand
109-114	(1966)	1, 1, 5, 5, 10, 10 rand
115-122	(1973)	1, 1, 2, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 rand
123-27	(1992)	10, 20, 50, 100, 200 rand
128-32	2005	10, 20, 50, 100, 200 rand
133-37	(2012)	10, 20, 50, 100, 200 rand
138-42	(2013)	10, 20, 50, 100, 200 rand; with Omron rings
143-47	(2018)	10, 20, 50, 100, 200 rand; commemorative "Nelson Mandela Centenary"