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1 Pond Te Velde
| Issuer | Regeering der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek |
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| Year | 1902 |
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| Value | 1 Pound (1 Pond) |
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| Obverse description | The ZAR coat of arms appears at the left, with the text of the note body occupying the right portion of the face. A hand-applied manuscript signature and manuscript serial number are present, as issued in field conditions during the Anglo-Boer War period. The text is letterpress-printed in Dutch, referencing Wet No. 1, 1900, with the Pretoria date of 28 May 1900. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in two columns, with the upper section carrying the article headings and the body text set in six lines of Dutch legal text below. A hand-applied date stamp appears at the lower left, recording the date of issue in the field. |
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By 1902, the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek was collapsing. British forces had occupied Pretoria since June 1900, yet the Boer government-in-exile — the "Regeering Te Velde," literally the government in the field — continued issuing currency from mobile command posts to pay commandos and sustain what remained of a functioning war economy. This note is that currency. Printed at the Staatsdrukkerij before Pretoria fell and carried into the field for later issue, it represents one of the final acts of a sovereign state that would cease to exist at the Peace of Vereeniging in May 1902.
Forgeries are documented. The British also produced fake ZAR notes as a psychological and logistical disruption tactic during the guerrilla phase.