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| Issuer | South African Mint |
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| Year | 2018-2024 |
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| Diameter | 38.7 mm |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 2018 - - 2018 - Proof - 15,000 2018 Great Wall - - 2019 - - 2019 - Proof - 20,000 2019 Elephant - Proof; In combination with R5 Elephant - 2019 Lion - Proof; In combination with R5 Lion - 2019 Spacecraft - Proof; In combination with the R2 Polymer Putty - 2020 - - 2020 - Proof - 20,000 2020 Leopard - Proof; In combination with R5 Leopard - 2020 Rhino - Proof; In combination with R5 Rhino - 2021 - - 2021 - Proof - 20,000 2021 Buffalo - Proof; In combination with R5 Buffalo - 2021 Elephant - Proof; In combination with R5 Elephant - 2022 - - 2022 - Proof - 20,000 2022 Lion - Proof; In combination with R5 Lion - 2022 Rhino - Proof; In combination with R5 Rhino - 2023 - - 2023 - Proof - 11,000 2023 CPT Privy - Proof - 1,000 2024 - - 2024 - Proof - 2024 JHB Privy - Proof - 1,000 |
| Additional information |
The Silver Krugerrand arrived in 2017 as a deliberate extension of the gold coin's fifty-year run, introduced specifically for the anniversary year and then continued as an ongoing issue. The gold Krugerrand had been conceived in 1967 partly to move South African gold through retail channels during a period when bullion bars faced international resistance, and the silver version follows the same commercial logic — a sovereign wrapper for refined metal.
Unlike the gold coin, which carried legal tender status largely as a technicality, the silver issue's one-rand face value reflects the same nominal fiction. The South African Reserve Bank authorizes the denomination; nobody has ever spent one.