Editing Penny (section)

===South Africa===
The penny that was brought to the [[Cape Colony]] (in what is now [[South Africa]]) was a large coin—36&nbsp;mm in diameter, 3.3&nbsp;mm thick, and {{convert|1|oz|abbr=on}}—and the twopence was correspondingly larger at 41&nbsp;mm in diameter, 5&nbsp;mm thick and {{convert|2|oz|abbr=on}}. On them was [[Britannia]] with a [[trident]] in her hand. The English called this coin the [[History of the British penny (1714–1901)|Cartwheel penny]] due to its large size and raised rim,<ref>{{cite web|author=Severn Internet Services – www.severninternet.co.uk|url=http://www.bmagic.org.uk/objects/1969N780|title=Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery Information Centre|publisher=BMAGiC|access-date=2011-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221062923/http://www.bmagic.org.uk/objects/1969N780|archive-date=2012-02-21|url-status=live}}</ref> but the [[Cape Town|Capetonians]] referred to it as the [[Devil]]'s Penny as they assumed that only the Devil used a trident.<ref name=samint>{{cite web|title=South African History of Coins|url=http://www.samint.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17&Itemid=66|access-date=2009-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128142836/http://www.samint.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17&Itemid=66|archive-date=2011-11-28|url-status=live}}</ref> The coins were very unpopular due to their large weight and size.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.currencyhelp.net/british-cartwheel-penny.html|title=Currencyhelp.net|publisher=Currencyhelp.net|access-date=2011-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530000040/http://www.currencyhelp.net/british-cartwheel-penny.html|archive-date=2008-05-30|url-status=live}}</ref> On 6 June 1825, [[Lord Charles Somerset]], the governor, issued a [[proclamation]] that only [[pound sterling|British Sterling]] would be [[legal tender]] in the [[Cape Colony]] (colonial [[South Africa]]). The new British coins (which were introduced in England in 1816), among them being the shilling, six-pence of silver, the penny, half-penny, and quarter-penny in copper, were introduced to the Cape. Later two-shilling, four-penny, and three-penny coins were added to the coinage. The size and [[denomination (currency)|denomination]] of the 1816 British coins, with the exception of the four-penny coins, were used in South Africa until 1960.<ref name=samint />