Catalog
50 Rand
| Issuer | South African Reserve Bank |
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| Year | 1992-1999 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK SUID-AFRIKAANSE RESERWEBANK FIFTY RAND VYFTIG RAND President Governor |
| Reverse description | The Sasol synthetic fuel complex is rendered as a sweeping industrial skyline vignette across the lower portion of the note in terracotta and mauve intaglio, with bold radiating linework in the foreground evoking the plant's vast scale. A large decorative guilloche band of interlocking orbital rings in blue and teal occupies the upper centre, referencing Sasol's petrochemical technology. The large white numeral "50" is set against the industrial vignette at centre right, with the bank name in both official languages along the top and bottom margins. |
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The Stals-signed 50 Rand series is best known among collectors for the BP-prefix error notes, where the cotton substrate was fed into the press rotated 180 degrees — placing the security thread at the left rather than the right and inverting the watermark relative to the printed face. These were not caught before distribution, which means genuinely circulated error examples exist. The color variation between red-water and brown-water lion vignettes across the Stals signing period reflects successive ink specification changes at the South African Bank Note Company, not a deliberate reissue.