1960 South African Union Silver Short Proof Set Good Grades

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!!! GOOD GRADES !!!

COINS USED IN THE

UNION PERIOD OF SOUTH AFRICA

QUEEN ELIZABETH II SERIES

!!! LAST YEAR !!!

OF THE UNION PERIOD (1923–1960) OF SOUTH AFRICA COIN ISSUES

In 1961, South Africa became a republic on May 31, 1961, and introduced the decimal rand and cent system on February 14, 1961, and the British imperial monetary system was no longer used in South Africa.

Actual coins and multiples where applicable - coin image may be generic where necessary

Final Year:
1960 marked the last year these coins were minted

1960

A FINE UNION

SHORT PROOF COIN SET

1/4 P GRADED PF 64 RB

1/2 P GRADED PF 63 BN

1 P GRADED PF 63 RB

3 P GRADED PF 65

6 P GRADED PF 66

1 S GRADED PF 65

2 S GRADED PF 65

2.5 S GRADED PF 65

5 S GRADED PF 65

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DETAILS:

1/4 Penny Metal Content: Copper Weight: 2.834 grams Diameter: 20.20 mm

1/2 Penny Metal Content: Copper Weight: 5.670 grams Diameter: 25.60 mm

1 Penny Metal Content: Copper Weight: 9.450 grams Diameter: 31.00 mm

3 Penny Metal Content: Silver 0.800 Weight: 1.413 grams Diameter: 16.30 mm

6 Penny Metal Content: Silver 0.800 Weight: 2.827 grams Diameter: 19.35 mm

1 Shilling Metal Content: Silver 0.800 Weight: 5.655 grams Diameter: 23.70 mm

2 Shilling Metal Content: Silver 0.800 Weight: 11.310 grams Diameter: 28.70 mm

2.5 Shilling Metal Content: Silver 0.800 Weight: 14.137 grams Diameter: 32.30 mm

5 Shilling Metal Content: Silver 0.800 Weight: 28.275 grams Diameter: 38.80 mm

DESCRIPTION:

Union Pound Currency

Up to 1960, South Africa used the British system of 12 pennies to a shilling and 20 shillings to a pound (240 pennies to the pound). This coinage system dominated South Africa for more than a century as Lord Charles Somerset issued an ordinance as far back as 6 June 1825 declaring British Sterling as legal tender at the Cape (Arndt, 1928). This was part of a process to introduce a uniform monetary system for the British Colonies at the time. A shortage of coins nevertheless delayed this process for several years, but after 1848, only coins of the Sterling series were accepted. These coins became firmly entrenched throughout the whole of South Africa and even the Kruger coins, minted in the Transvaal Republic during 1892 to 1900, conformed to the British system (Engelbrecht, 1987).Source: Francois Malan

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