Twenty Cent, South Africa, 1979, Nickel
South Africa, COMMEMORATIVE, 1979, Twenty Cent, Nickel, Republic of South Africa Series(1965 to 1989)The end of Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs' presidency.
Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs (1903–1978) served as the third State President of South Africa from 1975 to 1978.
Coin Specifications
Country | South Africa | |
Year | 1979(1965-1990) | |
Value | 20c, 20 cent, Twenty cent | |
Metal | Nickel Fine | |
Weight | 6.00gm | |
Diameter | 24.21mm | |
Thickness | 1.84mm | |
Obverse Design | Lourens de Lange(LDL) | |
Reverse Design | Tommy Sasseen(TS) | |
Shape | Round | |
Last issue of series | 1990 | |
Obverse | Portrait of President Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs Lettering: SUID-AFRIKA * SOUTH AFRICA * 1979 * | |
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 | / |
