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2 Cents Balthazar J. Vorster
| Issuer | South African Mint |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Weight | 4.0 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of President Balthazar Johannes Vorster in three-quarter profile, his effigy occupying the central field. A bilingual legend encircles the portrait, reading 'SOUTH AFRICA' in English and 'SUID-AFRIKA' in Afrikaans. The date 1982 appears below the bust, with the engraver's initials 'LDL' for Lourens de Lange discretely placed near the truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | SOUTH AFRICA SUID-AFRIKA 1982 LDL |
| Reverse description | A Black Wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) depicted in dynamic motion, shown in full profile leaping across a ground line that divides the central field. The animal's musculature and characteristic curved horns are rendered in fine relief. The denomination '2C' appears in large numerals in the lower field beneath the ground line, with the engraver's initials 'JvZ' for Jan van Zyl situated to the lower right of the animal. |
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