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The rand replaced the pound with a decimal currency: 100 cents (100c) = 1 rand (R1), 1 rand being valued at 10 shillings and 1 cent at 1.2 pence. The coins bore the forward-facing portrait of Jan van Riebeeck on the obverse.
Seven-sided 20-pence coins were also first introduced in 1998 and, in that same year, older 5- and 10-pence coins were replaced by downsized issues featuring new animal designs. However, the 50-pence coin was not downsized until 2003. Until that time, the original, larger-sized 50-pence coin continued to circulate.
The British decimal twenty pence coin (often shortened to 20p in writing and speech) is a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1 ⁄ 5 of a pound. Like the 50p coin, it is an equilateral curve heptagon. [1] Its obverse has featured the profile of Queen Elizabeth II since the coin's introduction on 9 June 1982. [1]
10 Dinar 1992 Algeria: 20 Dinar 1992 Algeria: 50 Dinar 1992 ... Rand 2005 South Africa: 5 Boliviar 2001 Bolivia: 1 Cedi 2007 Ghana: 25 Pence 2008 Tristan Da Cunha: 2 ...
The government of the Cape Colony issued a £1 note in 1835 and a £20 note in 1834. Between 1869 and 1872, the ZAR in Transvaal issued notes for 6d, 1/–, 2/6, 5/–, 10/–, £1, £5 and £10. The National Bank of the ZAR issued £1 notes between 1892 and 1893.
Slang terms for money often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. Within a language community, some of the slang terms vary in social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language ...
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Ngwee coins with the denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, and 20 ngwee replacing the existing 1, 3, 6 pence, 1, and 2 shillings coins respectively. [4] The Zambian pound notes, and coins ceased to be a legal tender on January 31, 1974. [2] At the very beginning, the kwacha was pegged to the pound sterling at a fixed rate of 1.7094 kwacha per 1 pound.