Posted 05/04/2008 05:23 am
And just a quick note: The South African penny has been plated; it wasn't originally struck to look yellow.
South Africa switched from pounds, shillings and pence to rands and cents in 1961, and the first series of cents were the same size as the old pennies, and made of brass not bronze. But a penny officially converted to only 5/6th of a cent, so an opportunistic local has presumably used a bit of gold paint to score themselves a little bit more money.
South Africa switched from pounds, shillings and pence to rands and cents in 1961, and the first series of cents were the same size as the old pennies, and made of brass not bronze. But a penny officially converted to only 5/6th of a cent, so an opportunistic local has presumably used a bit of gold paint to score themselves a little bit more money.
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