Quarter Penny, South Africa, 1935, Brass
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Fifty Cent, South Africa, 1982, Nickel
South Africa, 1982, Fifty Cent, Nickel, Republic of South Africa(RSA) Series, Second decimal Series(1965 to 1990), The end of Balthazar Johannes Vorster's presidency.
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Balthazar Johannes Vorster (BJ Vorster) was born on the 13 December 1915 in Jamestown, Union of South Africa and died on the 10 September 1983 in Cape Town. He was a Nationalist politician who served as prime minister (1966–78) and president (1978–79) of South Africa.
Coin Specifications
Country | South Africa | |
Year | 1982(1965-1990) | |
Value | 50c, 50 cent, Fifty cent | |
Metal | Nickel Fine | |
Weight | 9.50gm | |
Diameter | 27.85mm | |
Thickness | 2.21mm | |
Obverse Design | Lourens de Lange(LDL) | |
Reverse Design | Tommy Sasseen(TS) | |
Shape | Round | |
Last issue of series | 1990 | |
Obverse | Portrait of President Vorster Lettering: SUID-AFRIKA * SOUTH AFRICA * 1982 * | |
Reverse | Variety of flowers (Three flowers; From Left to right are An Arum Lily, An African Lily and the Strelitzia (Strelitzia Reginae) also referred to as the Bird-of-Paradise). All these flowers are instinctive to South Africa. Lettering: 50 | |
Edge | Smooth | |
Mintage | Proof Mintage | |
1965E | / | Between 30 and 50 |
1965A | 27,909 | 24,988 |
1966E | 8,081,408 | 25,000 |
1966A | 8,056,408 | / |
1967E | 76,814 | 25,000 |
1967A | 51,814 | / |
1968E | 750,000 | / |
1968A | 775,000 | 25,000 |
1969E | 19,968 | 12,000 |
1969A | 7,968 | / |
1970 | 4,107,722 | 10,000 |
1971 | 5,074,399 | 12,000 |
1972 | 781,475 | 10,000 |
1973 | 1,054,298 | 10,850 |
1974 | 1,956,808 | 15,000 |
1975 | 4,906,000 | 18,000 |
1976 | 9,653,329 | 21,000 |
1977 | 10,215,245 | 19,000 |
1978 | 5,088,029 | 17,000 |
1979 | 5,065,622 | 15,000 |
1980 | 4,282,987 | 15,000 |
1981 | 5,711,455 | 10,000 |
1982 | 2,103,721 | 12,000 |
1983 | 5,190,814 | 14,135 |
1984 | 9,723,511 | 11,250 |
1985 | 13,358,696 | 9,859 |
1986 | 2,309,800 | 7,000 |
1987 | 19,077,981 | 6,781 |
1988 | 27,711,032 | 7,250 |
1989 | 17,269,121 | 9,571 |
1990 | 29,442,400 | / |
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