South African rand
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The South African rand, or simply the rand, is the official currency of South Africa. It is subdivided into 100 cents, and a comma separates the rand and cents.
South African rand banknotes
Two generations of older notes and coins, later replaced with the "Big Five" notes, which were in turn replaced to show the face of Nelson Mandela in 2012.
A 5 rand bimetallic coin issued in 2004.
Rand banknotes and coins.
Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo River, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zam
South African rand
…accepted as substitutes. The rand was also legal tender in Botswana until 1976, when the pula replaced the rand at par. The rand is legal tender in Zimbabwe as part of its multiple currency system, which also includes other currencies, such as the euro, the pound sterling, the US dollar, and the Zimbabwean…
Towers of Great Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe attending the Independence Day celebrations in South Sudan in July 2011.
The Zambezi River in the Mana Pools National Park
An elephant at a water hole in Hwange National Park