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[12] In 2014, South Africa experienced its worst year against the US dollar since 2009, [13] and in March 2015, the rand traded at its worst since 2002. [13] At the time, Trading Economics released data that the rand "averaged R4.97 to the dollar between 1972–2015, reaching an all time high of R12.45 in December 2001 and a record low of R0.67 ...
Initially the coinage bore the portrait of Van Riebeeck, and later the State Presidents of South Africa (except F.W. de Klerk) or the South African coat of arms. The country name was given in Afrikaans, English or both. The 1 ⁄ 2 cent coin was discontinued in the 1970s in circulation, but struck in Proof only until 1983.
The South African Bank Note Company was established in 1958 as a result of a decision by the South African Government to print South African currency locally. [1] The South African Reserve Bank formed a joint venture with Bradbury Wilkinson and Company and commenced production from a factory in Pretoria .
The South African Mint is responsible for minting all coins of the South African rand on behalf of its owner, the South African Reserve Bank. Located in Centurion, Gauteng near South Africa's administrative capital Pretoria , the mint manufactures coins and planchets for both domestic and international markets.
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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 .
African currency was originally formed from basic items, materials, animals and even people available in the locality to create a medium of exchange.This started to change from the 17th century onwards, as European colonial powers introduced their own monetary system into the countries they invaded.
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is the central bank of South Africa. It was established in 1921 after Parliament passed an act, the "Currency and Bank Act of 10 August 1920", as a direct result of the abnormal monetary and financial conditions which World War I had brought.