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50 Cents Aforika Borwa
| Issuer | South African Mint |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Arthur Sutherland Reverse: Linda Lotriet |
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| Obverse description | The new South African national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a secretary bird with wings displayed above a shield charged with two human figures, flanked by wheat stalks, with a tusk and knobkierie crossed in saltire. The motto scroll at the base bears the legend !KE E: /XARRA //KE in the San language of the /Xam people. The date 2002 appears in the upper field, with the country name AFORIKA BORWA (South Africa in Tswana) flanking the arms on the left and right. The engraver's initials ALS appear at the bottom of the field below the motto scroll. |
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| Mintage | 2002 - - 16,000,000 2002 - BU Set - 2002 - Proof - 3,250 |
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The Sotho-language denomination inscription — "Aforika Borwa" — reflects the post-apartheid policy of rotating the eleven official languages across the coin series, a rotation cycle introduced with the 1994 democratic transition. By 2002 the practice was well established, but individual language variants within a year remain genuinely scarce in circulation finds because distribution was not uniform across provinces.