South African Reserve Bank Act, 1989 (Act No. 90 of 1989)

15. Monetary unit

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(1)Subject to the provisions of section 14(1), the monetary unit of the Republic shall be the rand (abbreviated as R), and the cent (abbreviated as c), which is one hundredth part of the rand.

 

(2)The respective values, in rand and cent, of coins manufactured and issued under other designations than rand and cent and which by virtue of the provisions of section 14(1) remain in circulation, shall be as set out in the table hereunder:

 

TABLE

 

Coin in circulation under the designation of-

Value in rand and cent:

Pound/sovereign

Half-pound/half sovereign

Crown

Half-crown

Florin

Shilling

Sixpence

Threepence

Penny

Half-penny

Farthing

Two rand

One rand

Fifty cents

Twenty-five cents

Twenty cents

Ten cents

Five cents

Two-and-a-half cents

Ten-twelfths of a cent

Five-twelfths of a cent

Five twenty-fourths of a cent