Evidence coverage: 1914–1961. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
Commissionreport independentlyidentifies SouthAfricanpound as distinctunit thathadalreadyexisted forseveralyears; firstcentralbanknoteissue isnot itsfoundingcriterion.
Sources and qualifications →SouthAfricanlocal pound reckoning developed from Britishsterling account andredemption practices into a separatelyidentified monetaryunit duringthe wartime/postwar transition; byJanuary1925commissioners explicitly distinguishedtheSouthAfricanunit fromsterling. Contemporaryaccount andcontract-redemption history plusoriginalcommissionexplicit unitdistinction supportsancestry. Rangeisresearchenvelope,notexactbirth;1922firstnotes are notcreationproof.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
Commissionreport independentlyidentifies SouthAfricanpound as distinctunit thathadalreadyexisted forseveralyears; firstcentralbanknoteissue isnot itsfoundingcriterion.
C1486Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R0368. Contemporaryaccount andcontract-redemption history plusoriginalcommissionexplicit unitdistinction supportsancestry. Rangeisresearchenvelope,notexactbirth;1922firstnotes are notcreationproof. Current evidence: SouthAfricanlocal pound reckoning developed from Britishsterling account andredemption practices into a separatelyidentified monetaryunit duringthe wartime/postwar transition; byJanuary1925commissioners explicitly distinguishedtheSouthAfricanunit fromsterling.
C947Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
The South African pound retained the British pound coin system while national notes succeeded commercial-bank issues. 1922 anchors a documented national stage, not a claimed first origin date; derivation rests on the inherited unit, not parity alone.
Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R0368. Contemporaryaccount andcontract-redemption history plusoriginalcommissionexplicit unitdistinction supportsancestry. Rangeisresearchenvelope,notexactbirth;1922firstnotes are notcreationproof. Replacement evidence: C1587.
South African currency; first decimal coin series
Section 2: local pound and first SARB notes on 19 April 1922
South Africa replaced its pound with two rand per pound.
South African currency; first decimal coin series
Commissionreport independentlyidentifies SouthAfricanpound as distinctunit thathadalreadyexisted forseveralyears; firstcentralbanknoteissue isnot itsfoundingcriterion.
Printed172,paragraph11
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
SouthAfricanlocal pound reckoning developed from Britishsterling account andredemption practices into a separatelyidentified monetaryunit duringthe wartime/postwar transition; byJanuary1925commissioners explicitly distinguishedtheSouthAfricanunit fromsterling.
1922pp1325–1329;1925p172paragraph11
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
1922pp1325–1329;1925p172paragraph11
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.