South African pound

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former currency historical currency

The South African pound was the former currency of South Africa, used before the country adopted the decimalized rand in 1961.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former currency ⓘ historical currency ⓘ
category	Currencies of South Africa ⓘ Currencies replaced by the rand ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
currencyCode	SAP ⓘ
dateOfAbolition	1961 ⓘ
dateOfIntroduction	1910 ⓘ
decimalizationRelatedTo	introduction of South African rand ⓘ
denominationSystem	pounds, shillings, pence ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Union of South Africa era ⓘ early Republic of South Africa transition ⓘ
languageOnCurrency	Afrikaans ⓘ English ⓘ
legalTenderUntil	1961-02-13 ⓘ
monetaryAuthority	South African Reserve Bank ⓘ South African Reserve Bank ⓘ surface form: South African Treasury (early period)
monetarySystem	pre-decimal ⓘ
partOf	Sterling area ⓘ surface form: sterling area
peggedAt	par with pound sterling ⓘ
peggedTo	Pound sterling ⓘ surface form: pound sterling
reasonForReplacement	creation of distinct national currency (rand) separate from sterling ⓘ decimalization of South African currency system ⓘ
region	Southern Africa ⓘ
replaced	Cape rixdollar ⓘ surface form: Cape pound Natal pound ⓘ Orange River Colony pound ⓘ Transvaal pound ⓘ pound sterling (in Union of South Africa) ⓘ
replacedBy	South African rand ⓘ
replacedByAtRate	1 rand = 10 shillings ⓘ 2 rand = 1 pound ⓘ
status	obsolete ⓘ
subunit	penny ⓘ shilling ⓘ
subunitRatio	1 pound = 20 shillings ⓘ 1 pound = 240 pence ⓘ 1 shilling = 12 pence ⓘ
successorCurrency	South African rand banknotes and coins ⓘ
symbol	£ ⓘ
type	fiduciary money ⓘ
usedAlongside	pound sterling (in some external transactions) ⓘ
usedBy	South African Reserve Bank ⓘ surface form: South African Reserve Bank (late period) government of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
usedFor	domestic transactions in South Africa ⓘ international trade settlements linked to sterling area ⓘ
usedIn	Namibia ⓘ surface form: South West Africa

Referenced by (2)

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Transvaal → currency → South African pound ⓘ

South African rand → replaced → South African pound ⓘ