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50 Cents AFRIKA BORWA
| Issuer | South African Mint |
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| Year | 1996-2000 |
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| Weight | 5.0 g |
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| Obverse description | The South African coat of arms occupies the central field, displaying the quartered shield supported by two springboks, with a motto ribbon below bearing the legend EX UNITATE VIRES (Power Through Unity). The country name in Southern Sotho, AFRIKA BORWA, is inscribed as the upper legend, while the year of issue and the engraver's initials ALS appear in the lower field. The design is rendered in a bold heraldic style characteristic of the post-apartheid transitional coinage series. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a centrally positioned bird-of-paradise flower (Strelitzia reginae), known colloquially in South Africa as the crane flower, depicted in fine relief with its distinctive crested bloom and long stem. The denomination 50c appears to the left of the floral motif, with the engraver's initials LL positioned to the right. The composition is uncluttered, with the naturalistic rendering of the flower filling the field in an elegant, minimalist style consistent with the South African decimal coinage series. |
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