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Details:
COINAGE USED OF SOUTH AFRICA'S HISTORY AFTER DECIMALISATION IN 1961
Mass: 15.00 grams Dia: 32.70mm Metal Content: Silver 0.800, Copper 0.200
Description:
A revised coinage series was introduced for 1965.
Denominations included 1⁄2, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents and R1. Silver was replaced in circulation coins by nickel.
Initially, the coinage bore the portrait of Van Riebeeck, and later the state presidents or the South African coat of arms. The country name was given in Afrikaans, English or both.
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