Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Cents Afrika Borwa
| Issuer | South African Mint |
|---|---|
| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | 2006 Afrika Borwa ǃKE E: ǀXARRA ǁKE ALS (Translation: Diverse people unite) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
South Africa's post-apartheid coinage underwent a quiet but deliberate overhaul in the early 2000s, with the Afrikaans inscription "Afrika Borwa" — the Sotho rendering of South Africa — introduced as part of a rotating multilingual policy across the coin series. The 2006 date falls within a period of significant domestic copper price pressure that had already prompted the switch from brass to copper-plated steel for this denomination in 2002.