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100 Rand The Hobbit
| Issuer | Orange Free State (South Africa (pre-Union)) |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Composition | Silver plated copper-nickel |
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| Obverse lettering | 2022 ORANGE VRYSTAAT 100 RAND J. R. R. Tolkien |
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| Reverse lettering | ВБ |
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The Orange Free State ceased to exist as a political entity in 1902, absorbed into the British Empire following the Second Boer War. Its revival here as a nominal issuing authority is a legal fiction exploited by private minting houses to attach a territorial name to fantasy pieces with no connection to actual South African monetary history. This coin was never legal tender, never issued by any government, and the "Orange Free State" attribution is commercially motivated.
Silver-plated copper-nickel at this weight puts it well below the silver content of any genuine bullion or collector issue from a recognized mint.