Two Cent(Afrikaans), South Africa, 1965, Bronze
South Africa, 1965, Two Cent, Afrikaans, Bronze, Republic of South Africa Series (1965 to 1990)
Jan Anthoniszoon Van Riebeeck(Jan van Riebeeck) was born on the 21th April 1619 in Culemborg,
Netherlands and died on the 18th January 1677 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies(now called Jakarta, Indon). He was a Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town in 1652.
Coin Specifications
Country | South Africa | |
Year | 1965A (1965 to 1990) | |
Value | Two Cent, 2 Cent, 2c | |
Metal | Bronze(Copper 0.950, Tin 0.05, Zinc 0.045) | |
Weight | 4.00gm | |
Diameter | 22.45mm | |
Thickness | 1.71mm | |
Obverse Design | Tommy Sasseen (TS) | |
Reverse Design | Jan van Zyl (JVZ) | |
Shape | Round | |
Demonetized | Yes, last issue was in 1990 | |
Obverse | Jan van Riebeeck Lettering: SUID-AFRIKA 1965 | |
Reverse | Black Wildebeest – The Black Wildebeest is featured on the reverse site of the coin. This animal is endemic to the Southern Parts of Africa. Lettering: 2C | |
Edge | Coarsely Reeded | |
Mintage | ||
| Mintage | Proof Mintage |
1965E | 29,886,870 | / |
1965A | 29,911,943 | 24,988 |
1966E | 9,292,412 | 25,000 |
1966A | 9,267,412 | / |
1967E | 11,886,865 | 25,000 |
1967A | 11,861,865 | / |
1968E | 5,500,000 | / |
1968A | 5,525,000 | 25,000 |
1969E | 5,828,580 | 12,000 |
1969A | 5,816,580 | 12,000 |
1970 | 35,226,913 | 10,000 |
1971 | 24,105,086 | 12,000 |
1972 | 7,313,608 | 10,000 |
1973 | 18,695,615 | 10,850 |
1974 | 25,315,507 | 15,000 |
1975 | 25,000,000 | 18,000 |
1976 | 51,494,572 | 21,000 |
1977 | 45,135,000 | 19,000 |
1978 | 50,544,000 | 17,000 |
1979 | 40,058,000 | 15,000 |
1980 | 37,810,000 | 15,000 |
1981 | 79,380,000 | 10,000 |
1982 | 53,996,000 | 12,000 |
1983 | 112,616,270 | 14,135 |
1984 | 101,533,375 | 11,250 |
1985 | 102,728,359 | 9,859 |
1986 | 68,310,200 | 7,100 |
1987 | 104,987,781 | 6,781 |
1988 | 195,149,030 | 7,250 |
1989 | 213,638,721 | 9,571 |
1990 | 215,192,000 | None |
