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| Issuer | South African Mint |
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| Year | 2008-2020 |
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| Composition | Nickel plated copper |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 RAND SOLI DEO GLORIA LL |
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The dual Nguni-language inscription on this coin reflects the post-apartheid constitutional recognition of eleven official languages, a policy that forced the mint to rotate language pairings across denominations on a fixed cycle rather than settle on any single national tongue. Zulu and Tsonga appear here together — a pairing determined by administrative rotation, not cultural or regional logic.