50 Cents AFRIKA BORWA
Features
| Issuer |
South Africa
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Republic (1961-date)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1996-2000 |
| Value | 50 Cents 0.50 ZAR = USD 0.031 |
| Currency | Rand (1961-date) |
| Composition | Bronze plated steel |
| Weight | 5.0 g |
| Diameter | 22.0 mm |
| Thickness | 1.9 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 2293 |
| References | KM# 163 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).Brian Hern, Peter Wilson (ed.), Henk Loots (ed.); 2017. Hern's Handbook on South African Coins and Patterns 2017/18 (9th Edition). Gary Levitan, Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa. , Schön# 220 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes). |
Obverse
South Africa coat of arms with the motto "Ex Unitate Vires" (Power Through Unity). Country name in Sotho, one of the SA's official languages.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
AFRIKA BORWA
EX UNITATE VIRES
1997 ALS
Engraver: Arthur Sutherland
Reverse
Bird-of-paradise flower, commonly known in South Africa as the "crane" flower. That flower is native to South Africa.
Script: Latin
Lettering: 50c LL
Engraver: Linda Lotriet
Edge
Reeded
© Renato Lima (CC BY-NC)
Comments
Legends in the 11 Official Languages of the Republic of South Africa:
Afrikaans: Suid-Afrika
English: South Africa
Sesotho and Sepedi: Afrika Borwa
Tswana: Aforika Borwa
Xhosa: uMzantsi Afrika
Zulu: iNingizimu Afrika
Ndebele: iSewula frika
Venda: Afurika Tshipembe
siSwati: Ningizimu Afrika
Tsonga: Afrika Dzonga
Afrikaans: Suid-Afrika
English: South Africa
Sesotho and Sepedi: Afrika Borwa
Tswana: Aforika Borwa
Xhosa: uMzantsi Afrika
Zulu: iNingizimu Afrika
Ndebele: iSewula frika
Venda: Afurika Tshipembe
siSwati: Ningizimu Afrika
Tsonga: Afrika Dzonga
Present in sets
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1996 South Africa Brilliant Uncirculated Coin Set
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2000 South Africa Brilliant Uncirculated Coin Set (Old Coat of Arms)
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| Date | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||
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| 1996 | 41 000 000 | $ 0.04 | $ 0.31 | $ 0.31 | $ 0.43 | $ 0.46 | $ 0.49 | $ 0.78 | Hern#Nf7 | 72% | |||||
| 1996 | 11 676 | $ 1.30 | Hern#Nf7; BU Set | 1.4% | |||||||||||
| 1996 | 4 827 | Hern#Nf7; Proof | 1.5% | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 38 000 000 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.26 | $ 0.29 | $ 0.38 | Hern#Nf8 | 34% | ||||||||
| 1997 | 7 515 | Hern#Nf8; BU Set | 0.9% | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 3 596 | Hern#Nf8; Proof | 0.7% | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | 1 152 000 | $ 0.58 | $ 0.86 | $ 0.86 | $ 0.86 | Hern#Nf9 | 7% | ||||||||
| 1998 | 4 487 | $ 2.60 | Hern#Nf9; BU Set | 0.5% | |||||||||||
| 1998 | 3 051 | Hern#Nf9; Proof | 0.5% | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | 1 152 000 | $ 0.04 | $ 0.51 | Hern#Nf10 | 4% | ||||||||||
| 1999 | 5 525 | Hern#Nf10; BU Set | 0.6% | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | 3 774 | Hern#Nf10; Proof | 0.4% | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | 1 152 000 | Hern#Nf11 | 2% | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | 7 767 | Hern#Nf11; BU Set | 0.4% | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | 3 703 | Hern#Nf11; Proof | 0.4% | ||||||||||||
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