WATCH: Decimal Dan and the history of the Rand | Carletonville Herald
1. The old series of banknotes with the face of Jan van Riebeeck printed on them. They retain their value and can be exchanged at the South African Reserve Bank Head Office. Source: www.resbank.co.za On Valentine’s Day in 1961, a cartoon figure gave South Africa a gift we still use today: the Rand. Decimal Dan ‘the rand-cent man’ would have fitted right in on the trading floor of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) with his suit – apart from his hat, bowtie and waistcoat with the gaudy Rand sign on. He was the mascot that formed part of the public relations campaign to help S...
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