1965 RARE Gold Twin Set R2 Grade PF63 R1 Grade PF64

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!!! HISTORIC RARE TWIN SET !!!

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INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL GREEN SA MINT BOX

MANY OF THE TWIN PROOF SETS OF 1965 HAD THEIR GOLD R2 AND GOLD R1 REMOVED OVER THE YEARS AND THE BOXES WERE DISCARDED, IT IS THEREFORE NOW VERY DIFFICULT TO COLLECT A SERIES OF TWIN SETS FROM 1965 TO 1983 IN THEIR ORIGINAL BOXES

ON THE 31st MAY 1961

SOUTH AFRICA OFFICIALLY BECAME A REPUBLIC - 63 YEARS AGO NOW

The country became a fully sovereign nation state within the British Empire in 1934 following the enactment of the Status of the Union Act. The monarchy came to an end

on 31 May 1961, replaced by a republic as the consequence of the 1960 referendum.

NOT EASY TO FIND THESE

DUAL LANGUAGES

(ENGLISH/AFRIKAANS)

R2 & R1 COIN TWIN SET

IN THE MARKETPLACE

SCARCE R2 AND R1COIN TWIN SET WILL

INCLUDE TWO BY 1965 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

SHORT PROOF SETS WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE RARE 1965 GOLD TWIN SET

NUMISMATICS - AN ASSET CLASS - WITH ADDED VALUE HAVING BEEN SLABBED AND GRADED

BY NGC IN AMERICA

1965

REPUBLIC

OF SOUTH AFRICA

GOLD TWIN SET

DUAL LANGUAGES

(ENGLISH & AFRIKAANS)

2nd DECIMAL SERIES - 1965 to 1989

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MINTAGE OF THE TWIN SETS:

925 WORLDWIDE ONLY

MANY OF THE R2 & R1 GOLD COINS

HAVE BEEN SCRAPPED THEREFORE

THESE COINS ARE BECOMING

!!! EXTREMELY SCARCE !!!

OBVERSE STRIKE - JAN VAN RIEBEECK

Portrait of Jan van Riebeeck (1619-1677), Dutch colonial administrator

and founder of Cape Town, facing right.

 REVERSE STRIKE - SPRINGBOK

The SA Mint's designer at the time, Coert Steynberg's design, the prancing springbok, was struck on the reverse.

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INCLUDED WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE TWIN SET AS SEEN ABOVE ARE THESE TWO 1965 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA SHORT PROOF SETS WITH THE SILVER R1 COINS. EACH OFFICIAL SA MINT PRESENTATION BOX SHOWN HERE HAS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LATCH DESIGN.

AN INTERESTING SIDE NOTE: In 1967 the prices for the long proof set was R16.50, the short proof set was R3.50 and the twin gold set was R12.75

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Details:

 1965 R2

MATERIAL: Gold 0.91667, Copper 0.075

DIAMETER: 22.00 mm

WEIGHT: 7.988 grams

 1965 R1

MATERIAL: Gold 0.91667, Copper 0.0833

DIAMETER: 19.50 mm

WEIGHT: 3.994 grams

Info:

The S A Mint produced "twin" sets of the R2 and R1 gold coins in green leatherette cases. Sadly a large number of these coins also ended up being scrapped and the boxes discarded. Building a complete set of twin gold proof coins in their original boxes might be a daunting task as most of these boxes do not exist any more. The R2 and R1 gold coins hardly ever come up for sale in the twin boxes and these gold twin sets with the original box should be considered as scarce. Although these coins were never part of the circulation series, they are interesting and very valuable as collectibles, and they should be in greater demand by collectors. In 1983 the last gold coins were struck using the effigy of Jan van Riebeeck. After 59 years Jan van Riebeeck disappeared from the South African coins and banknotes.

The initials T.S. on these coins are those of Tommy Sasseen.Tommy Sasseen's most important contribution in die-sinking is the nickel coin series. Less well known is that he was instrumental in the manufacturing of the dies for the first Krugerrands in 1967.

Tommy Sasseen was the Chief Die-Sinker of the South African Mint for the nickel coin series that was being introduced at that time as the Republic of South Africa's new circulation coinage. Die-sinking is the art of preparing dies for stamping the coins. This is a rare skill as the die-sinker must be a good artist, but also possess excellent technical abilities. A good understanding of the behaviour of metals and the manufacturing of dies is essential to ensure that a good reproduction of the planned design is achieved on the coins

As a Chief-die sinker, Tommy Sasseen was managing the entire Die department of the Mint when the new coin series had to be minted. This department was responsible for the manufacturing and hardening of the new dies. Special care had to be taken with the hardening process as this was the first time nickel blanks were used at the mint. Source: History of the Nickel coins of South Africa. Francois Malan.

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