20 Cents 1st decimal series

Features

Issuer	South Africa
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-1961)
Period	Republic (1961-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1961-1964
Value	20 Cents 0.20 ZAR = USD 0.012
Currency	Rand (1961-date)
Composition	Silver (.500)
Weight	11.3 g
Diameter	28.7 mm
Thickness	2.4 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 2896
References	KM# 61 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Hern# R22-25 Brian Hern, Peter Wilson (ed.), Henk Loots (ed.); 2017. Hern's Handbook on South African Coins and Patterns 2017/18 (9^th Edition). Gary Levitan, Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa. , Schön# 82 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Bust of Jan van Riebeeck, founder of Cape Town, facing 1/4 right surrounded by bilingual English / Afrikaans inscription.

Script: Latin

Lettering: UNITY IS STRENGTH * EENDRAG MAAK MAG

Designer: Willie Myburg

Reverse

Shield from the Coat-of-Arms of South Africa surrounded by denomination, date, and bilingual English / Afrikaans inscription.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SOUTH AFRICA·1961·SUID-AFRIKA
K G
20C.

Designer: George Kruger Gray

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Pretoria, South Africa (1890-1902, 1923-1992)

Comments

Known varieties:
1961 - double struck;
1962 - date numerals longer and thinner
(courtesy of Brian Hern's Handbook on South African Coins & Patterns):

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Date	Mintage	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1961	2 961 919		$ 16	$ 18	$ 18	$ 18	Hern#R22	36%
1961	7 530						Hern#R22; Proof	2%
1962							Hern#R23; large "2"	6%
1962	3 571 654	$ 16	$ 16	$ 17	$ 20	$ 20	Hern#R23; small "2"	23%
1962	3 844						Hern#R23; small "2"; Proof	2%
1963	4 384 368		$ 17	$ 17	$ 18	$ 21	Hern#R24	28%
1963	4 025					$ 34	Hern#R24; Proof	2%
1964	4 350 590		$ 17	$ 18	$ 18	$ 18	Hern#R25	44%
1964	16 000					$ 16	Hern#R25; Proof	8%

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Bullion value: USD 13.26 Search tips

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Actual silver weight: 0.182 oz

Current silver price: 72.98 USD/oz (see silver price

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 171 Lot 2895	10 Oct 2025	1961 – Hern#R22	UNC	USD 11.61 (EUR 10.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 108 Lot 1968	13 Jan 2024	1964 – Hern#R25	UNC	USD 9.29 (EUR 8.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 188 Lot 2049	27 Mar 2026	Undetermined	XF	USD 8.13 (EUR 7.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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