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5 Shillings Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek, Transvaal Pattern
| Issuer | South African Republic |
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| Year | 1874 |
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| Composition | Aluminium |
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| Obverse lettering | THOMAS FRANÇOIS BURGERS 1874. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The South African Republic's 1874 coinage patterns were produced in Europe — almost certainly in response to the Republic's persistent struggle to establish a credible independent mint. The Transvaal government never successfully operated its own coinage facility during this period, and these aluminium trials went nowhere politically. Aluminium was an experimental choice for the era, still expensive enough in the early 1870s to carry a certain prestige in pattern work, yet wholly impractical for circulation.
The Hern reference places this among a handful of known Transvaal pattern types that predate the better-documented 1892 Burger pond series by nearly two decades.