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2 Cents English Legend - SOUTH AFRICA
| Issuer | South African Mint |
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| Year | 1968 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Tommy Sasseen Reverse: Jan van Zyl |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A dynamic, naturalistic depiction of a bucking wildebeest (gnu) shown in left profile, captured mid-motion with forelegs raised and hindquarters lowered, conveying vigorous movement. A stylised rocky outcrop or low horizon line appears beneath the animal, lending depth to the composition. The bold denomination '2c' is inscribed in large characters across the lower field, and the engraver's initials 'J.V.Z.' (Jan van Zyl) are incuse in the right field below the animal. |
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1968 marked the first year South African decimal coins were issued with English-obverse legends, a direct consequence of the country's rigid apartheid-era language policy that mandated strict parity between Afrikaans and English across the coinage. Each year's issue alternated the dominant language on the obverse, meaning the English and Afrikaans variants were struck simultaneously but catalogued separately — KM#75.1 for English, KM#75.2 for Afrikaans.
Hern's local reference remains the preferred authority for South African decimal bronze, particularly for distinguishing proof-like business strikes that the Pretoria mint produced in this period.