The obverse depicts the South African coat of arms with `South Africa` in all the official languages of South Africa. The year of mintage `1996` is also depicted.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
ININGIZIMU AFRIKA
AFRIKA BORWA
SUID-AFRIKA
UMZANTSI AFRIKA
AFRIKA-DZONG
AFURIKA-TSHIPEMBE
AFERIKA BORWA
SOUTH AFRICA
ALS (Translation: SOUTH AFRICA)
Reverse description
The reverse depicts a soccer ball design with the outline of Africa in the centre of the coin. A figure of a soccer player striking a soccer ball is also depicted as well as the denomination of the coin `R2`.