Two Cent, South Africa, 1983, Bronze

Country

South Africa

Year

1983 (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

Coat of Arms

Lettering: 

SUID-AFRIKA * SOUTH AFRICA

* 1983 *

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:

2 C

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