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1 Shilling
| Issuer | Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek |
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| Year | 1868 |
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| Value | 1 Shilling |
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| Obverse description | Plain printed note on aged buff paper with typeset text arranged in a simple letterpress layout. The issuing authority appears as 'Z. A. REPUBLIEK' at the top, followed by the government voucher legend 'Gouvernements Goed voor.' and the denomination '1s. Een Shilling Stg.' A manuscript date reading '2 June 1868' and a handwritten serial number appear in the central field, with two manuscript signatures at the lower portion of the note. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely plain with no printed design, bearing only handwritten collector notations in ink, including a catalog reference and a number, applied at a later date. The aged buff paper stock shows significant toning and staining consistent with heavy circulation. |
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The Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek's 1 Shilling of 1868 is among the earliest paper money issued by the Transvaal government, predating the establishment of any formal banking infrastructure in the territory. C. Moll printed these locally in Pretoria — a rare instance of in-territory production at a time when most colonial and republican governments in southern Africa were contracting presses in London or Amsterdam.
Local printing meant limited technical sophistication and minimal anti-counterfeiting measures. The note's survival rate is extremely low, and most known examples show heavy use consistent with a frontier economy where paper currency was distrusted but necessary.