R5, South Africa, 2021, Bimetallic - Centenary of SARB

Country

South Africa

Year

2021( 30 June 2021)

Value

R5, Five Rand, 5 ZAR, 5 Rand

Metal

Bimetal

Weight

9.5gm (Bimetal)

Diameter

26.00mm(Bimetal)

Thickness

3.00mm(Bimetal)

Obverse Design

Arthur Sutherland(ALS)

Reverse Design

Marthinus J Scheepers(MJS)

Shape

Round

Last issue of series

-

Obverse

New Coat of Arms of South Africa at the centre

Lettering:

2021(top)

The motto in the semicircle around below, ǃKE E꞉ ǀXARRA ǁKE, is written in the Khoisan language of the ǀXam people and translates literally to "diverse people unite".

ALS(initials, below the Coat of Arms)

Around above, the date of issue: · 2021 ·. Around left and around right, the name of the country in two of the eleven official languages of South Africa.

The inscriptions are in Xhosa: uMzantsi Afrika, and in Afrikaans: Suid-Afrika.

Reverse

The reverse design of the coin represents "a journey through some of the most iconic items of currency" issued in South Africa, and consists of the reverses of six South African coins:

- the 1923 threepence is from the time of South Africa’s first union,

- a R1 gold coin containing the image of a proudly South African springbok, first released in 1961,

- a 20 cent coin depicting the king protea - South Africa’s national flower,

- the smallest item of currency, a one-cent coin from 1990, featuring two sparrows,

- a commemorative R5 coin from 2008, issued for Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday, and

- a 10 cent count from SA’s "fourth decimal series" which carries the image of a Cape honey bee (coins planned for a future release).

The abbreviation SARB, for South African Reserve Bank (the issuer of the coin), is inscribed three times below left on the rim and six times below right. It is also repeated multiple times around the outer rim in micro text.

Lettering:

SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK · 100 YEARS(Above the outer rim)

1921 - 2021 (in the small circle at the centre)

5 (below left)

RAND(around, below in the rim)

MJS(initials, right part of the central circle and above the image of the Mandela R5) The right part of the central circle has a background of rays emanating from the centre.

Edge

Reeded, security edge with lettering - SARB R5 (repeated ten times)

Mintage

Proof Mintage