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5 Shillings Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek, Transvaal Pattern
| Issuer | Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (Transvaal) |
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| Year | 1874 |
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| Value | 5 Shillings (1/4) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The central device features the oval arms of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek, quartered with a figure of a Boer settler, an anchor, a cannon on wheels, and a rocky landscape, all enclosed within an ornate oval shield. Two Vierkleur flags on crossed staffs flank the shield on either side, and a displayed eagle with wings spread surmounts the entire composition. A ribbon scroll below bears the motto EENDRACHT MAAKT MAGT (Unity Makes Strength). The circumferential legend ZUID AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK runs around the upper periphery, with a small rosette ornament at the base, all within a toothed border. |
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The Transvaal under President T.F. Burgers made a concerted push for monetary independence from British influence in the early 1870s, commissioning a native coinage from the firm of Lőwe in Berlin. The 1874 patterns were part of that effort — produced to demonstrate viable designs before any full minting program was approved. Gold-plated copper examples like this one were struck as presentation or approval pieces, not for circulation.
The coinage program ultimately collapsed. Burgers' government lacked the funds and political stability to see it through, and the Transvaal was annexed by Britain in 1877.