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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gmarguli, post: 9919673, member: 246&quot;]This is a 1989 &quot;Pattern Set&quot; from South Africa. Unlike most patterns that are being tested for design, these were produced for another reason, which is of slight debate. Most likely they were produced for vending/coin-operated machine manufacturers to test the lighter weight and smaller size of the next generation of coins. However, given the inclusion of such small denominations which usually aren&#039;t accepted by vending machines, there is speculation that they were produced to help people familiarize themselves with the new sizes. </p><p><br /></p><p>Their denominations are listed as letters, A through I. </p><p>A = 5 Rand</p><p>B = 2 Rand (Replacing a banknote)</p><p>C = Rand</p><p>D = 50 Cent</p><p>E = 20 Cent</p><p>F = 10 Cent</p><p>G = 5 Cent</p><p>H = 2 Cent</p><p>I = Cent</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1522887[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1522888[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1522889[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1522890[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1522891[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1522892[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1522893[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1522885[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1522886[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>While note necessarily a rare set, they don&#039;t seem to come up for sale frequently. I suspect a lot of these were thrown out or broken up and used for their intended testing purpose.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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