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The South African pound rose dramatically in value against sterling, and this virtually crippled South Africa's gold export industry overnight. By 1933, Hertzog abandoned the gold standard and the South African pound returned to parity with sterling. The relief was felt almost immediately
In 1923, South Africa began to issue its own coins, adopting coins that were identical in size and value to those used in Great Britain: 12 pence (12d) = 1 shilling (1s), and 20s = 1 pound (£1). On 14 February 1961, the Union of South Africa adopted a decimal currency , replacing the pound with the Rand .
Value of the South African rand to the United States dollar from 1975 to 2015 by the blue columns: The percentage rate of change year-on-year is shown by the black line. [ 8 ] One rand was worth US$ 1.40 (R0.72 per dollar) from the time of its inception in 1961 until late 1971, and the U.S. dollar became stronger than South African currency for ...
Many African countries change their currency's appearance when a new government takes power (often the new head of state will appear on bank notes), though the notional value remains the same. Also, in many African currencies there have been episodes of rampant inflation, resulting in the need for currency revaluation (e.g. the Zimbabwe dollar).
Fixed currency Anchor currency Rate (anchor / fixed) Abkhazian apsar: Russian ruble: 0.1 Alderney pound (only coins) [1]: Pound sterling: 1 Aruban florin: U.S. dollar: 1.79
South African rand: 0.5 10/– South African pound: 1961 Sierra Leonean leone: 0.5 10/– British West African pound: 1964 Ghanaian cedi: 0.4167 8/4 = 100d. Ghanaian pound: 1965 Australian dollar: 0.5 10/– Australian pound: 1966 Bahamian dollar: 0.35 7/– Bahamian pound: 1966 New Zealand dollar: 0.5 10/– New Zealand pound: 1967 Western ...
Solomon Islands pound (1916-1932, replaced by the Australian pound) South African pound (until 1961, replaced by South African rand). The South African pound was also used in Basutoland, Bechuanaland, South West Africa and Swaziland. South African Republic pond (refers to the republic in Transvaal, issued 1867–1902, replaced by the South ...
The word pond is Afrikaans for the word "pound". In fact, the South African pound banknotes of the South African Reserve Bank have the word "Pond" inscribed, as do the banknotes of South West Africa that were issued between the 1930s and 1959.