Pond

The Pond (sign: P; code: OVP) is the currency of Orange Free State. The word pond is Afrikaans for the word 'pound', which was the former currency of South Africa. The Pond has the symbol "P" and is subdivided into 100 cents, symbol "c". The ISO 4217 code is OVP, from Dutch Oranje Vrystaatse Pond. (Orange Freestate Pound). This is echoed in South Africa's internet top-level domain name ".ov" from the Dutch Oranje Vrystaat, meaning "Orange Free State". The Pond is pegged to the South African rand on a 1:1 basis through the Common Monetary Area-agreement, and both* are accepted as legal tender in the Area between South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho.


 * = 500P Banknotes are not legal tender except in Orange Free State.

=History= =Coins= =Banknotes= The following denominations of banknotes are currently in circulation: P5 - tientje ("little ten", see Diminutive), joet P10 - P20 - zonnebloem (sunflower) P50 -, meier / later: snip (common Snipe) P100 - geeltje (yellow one) / honderdje P200 - duizendje, (rooie) rug (red back) / rooi(tj)e P500 - At the time of withdrawal, all but the 50 and 250 guilder notes had been issued in a new series that was the same colour as the older, long-serving notes but with a mostly abstract pattern, featuring a different bird for each denomination. Persons depicted on older banknotes are: