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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numisbrazilis, post: 1732310, member: 44395&quot;]The Rand is the official currency of South Africa.</p><p>Some other african countries also use the Rand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rand&#039;s name derives from the word &quot;Witwatersrand&quot; which is an abbreviation of &quot;White-waters-ridge&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the mountain on which the city of Johannesburg was built.</p><p>In the past it was a major deposit of gold extraction.</p><p><br /></p><p>In October 2012 the &quot;South African Reserve Bank&quot; announced the launch of the new notes Rand.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a tribute to the greatest icon of the struggle for freedom in South Africa and was nicknamed RANDELA.</p><p><br /></p><p>The notes have the image of Nelson Mandela in front and behind were kept the &quot;Big Five&quot;. </p><p>Were also kept the colors and sizes for each value.</p><p><br /></p><p>The link has pictures of old and new banknotes RAND.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.numisbrazilis.blogspot.com.br/2013/06/rand-cedulas.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numisbrazilis.blogspot.com.br/2013/06/rand-cedulas.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.numisbrazilis.blogspot.com.br/2013/06/rand-cedulas.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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