Twenty Cent, South Africa, 1976, Nickel
South Africa, 1976, Twenty Cent, Nickel, Portrait of President Jacobus Johannes('Jim') Fouche, Republic of South Africa Series (1965 to 1990)
Jacobus Johannes ('Jim') Fouché born in the Boer republic of the Orange Free state in 1898 and died in 1980). He served as the second President of South Africa from 1968 to 1975. He was the only state president that served his full seven-year term of office.
Coin Specifications
Country | South Africa | |
Year | 1976(1965-1990) | |
Value | 20c, 20 cent, Twenty cent | |
Metal | Nickel Fine | |
Weight | 6.00gm | |
Diameter | 24.21mm | |
Thickness | 1.84mm | |
Obverse Design | Jean Baptiste Buisset(JB) | |
Reverse Design | Tommy Sasseen(TS) | |
Shape | Round | |
Last issue of series | 1990 | |
Obverse | Portrait of President Jacobus Johannes Fouche Lettering: SUID-AFRIKA * SOUTH AFRICA * 1976 * | |
Reverse | King Protea Flower(Protea cynaroides). Honoured as the national flower in South Africa. Sometimes also called sugarbushes or Grootsuikerkan. Lettering: 20 | |
Edge | Smooth | |
Mintage | Proof Mintage | |
1965E | 29,235,221 | 24,988 |
1965A | 29,210,148 | / |
1966E | 4,048,544 | / |
1966A | 4,073,544 | 25,000 |
1967E | 57,854 | / |
1967A | 82,854 | 25,000 |
1968E | 75,000 | 25,000 |
1968A | 50,000 | / |
1969E | 9,052 | / |
1969A | 21,052 | 12,000 |
1970 | 24,050 | 10,000 |
1971 | 5,904,843 | 12,000 |
1972 | 9,079,092 | 10,000 |
1973 | 30,850 | 10,850 |
1974 | 2,450,792 | 15,000 |
1975 | 13,000,000 | 18,000 |
1976 | 18,847,062 | 21,000 |
1977 | 30,688,644 | 19,000 |
1978 | 10,067,539 | 17,000 |
1979 | 5,047,267 | 15,000 |
1980 | 13,350,419 | 15,000 |
1981 | 8,564,000 | 10,000 |
1982 | 18,116,621 | 12,000 |
1983 | 25,708,761 | 14,135 |
1984 | 31,643,424 | 11,250 |
1985 | 29,348,637 | 9,859 |
1986 | 11,424,200 | 7,000 |
1987 | 36,910,781 | 6,781 |
1988 | 48,665,032 | 7,250 |
1989 | 57,261,721 | 9,571 |
1990 | 98,512,000 | / |
