50 Cents SUID-AFRIKA - SOUTH AFRICA

Features

Issuer	South Africa
Period	Republic (1961-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1990-1995
Value	50 Cents 0.50 ZAR = USD 0.030
Currency	Rand (1961-date)
Composition	Bronze plated steel (Plating: 85% Copper, 15% Tin)
Weight	5.0 g
Diameter	22.0 mm
Thickness	1.9 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 832
References	KM# 137 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Hern# Nf1-6 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# 174 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

South Africa coat of arms with the motto "Ex Unitate Vires" (Power Through Unity) and the country name both in Afrikaans and English within a nonagon

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SUID-AFRIKA · SOUTH AFRICA
EX UNITATE VIRES
1994
ALS

Translation: Strength from Unity

Engraver: Arthur Sutherland

Reverse

Bird-of-paradise flower (Strelitzia reginae), commonly known in South Africa as the "crane" flower, which is native to South Africa with the value to the right, all within a nonagon

Script: Latin

Lettering: 50c GC

Engraver: Grant Cogle

Edge

Reeded

Mints

	Pretoria, South Africa (1890-1902, 1923-1992)
	South African Mint, Centurion, South Africa (1992-date)

Comments

Bird-of-paradise flower:
Family: Strelitziaceae
Genus: Strelitzia
Sub Species: Strelitzia reginae

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

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1990	12 200							$ 0.60	Hern#Nf1	1.8%
1990	12 230							$ 3.00	Hern#Nf1; BU Set	0.3%
1990	10 239							$ 1.30	Hern#Nf1; Proof	0.4%
1991	23 988 200	$ 0.09	$ 0.17	$ 0.17	$ 0.35	$ 0.53	$ 0.65	$ 0.72	Hern#Nf2	33%
1991	15 000							$ 0.59	Hern#Nf2; BU Set	0.3%
1991	12 000							$ 1.90	Hern#Nf2; Proof	0.8%
1992	17 989 700	$ 0.10	$ 0.10	$ 0.17	$ 0.44	$ 0.44	$ 0.44	$ 0.44	Hern#Nf3	30%
1992	15 087								Hern#Nf3; BU Set	0.3%
1992	10 263							$ 1.90	Hern#Nf3; Proof	1.0%
1993	64 992 200	$ 0.15	$ 0.29	$ 0.29	$ 0.41	$ 0.44	$ 0.52	$ 0.60	Hern#Nf4	41%
1993	10 902								Hern#Nf4; BU Set	0.15%
1993	7 790							$ 1.60	Hern#Nf4; Proof	1.0%
1994	11 994 100	$ 0.09	$ 0.35	$ 0.35	$ 0.35	$ 0.35	$ 0.35	$ 0.65	Hern#Nf5	34%
1994	6 786							$ 2.20	Hern#Nf5; BU Set	0.2%
1994	5 804							$ 0.93	Hern#Nf5; Proof	0.7%
1995	57 994 100		$ 0.35	$ 0.35	$ 0.37	$ 0.37	$ 0.47	$ 1.10	Hern#Nf6	26%
1995	8 477								Hern#Nf6; BU Set	0.2%
1995	5 816								Hern#Nf6; Proof	0.6%

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