Five Rand, South Africa, 2021, Bimetal Centenary of SARB

Country

South Africa

Year

2021

Value

R5, Five Rand, 5 ZAR, 5 Rand

Metal

Bimetal

Weight

9.5gm (Bimetal)

Diameter

26.00mm(Bimetal)

Thickness

3.00mm(Bimetal)

Obverse Design

Arthur Sutherland(ALS)

Reverse Design

Shape

Round

Last issue of series

-

Obverse

New Coat of Arms of South Africa

Lettering:

2021(top)

The motto in the semicircle around below, ǃKE E꞉ ǀXARRA ǁKE, is written in the Khoisan language of the ǀXam people and translates literally to "diverse people unite".

Below the Coat of Arms, the initials of the engraver: ALS (for Arthur Sutherland).

Around above, the date of issue: · 2021 ·. Around left and around right, the name of the country in two of the eleven official languages of South Africa.

The inscriptions are in Xhosa: uMzantsi Afrika, and in Afrikaans: Suid-Afrika.

Reverse

The reverse design of the coin represents "a journey through some of the most iconic items of currency" issued in South Africa, and consists of the reverses of six South African coins:

- the 1923 threepence is from the time of South Africa’s first union,

- a R1 gold coin containing the image of a proudly South African springbok, first released in 1961,

- a 20 cent coin depicting the king protea - South Africa’s national flower,

- the smallest item of currency, a one-cent coin from 1990, featuring two sparrows,

- a commemorative R5 coin from 2008, issued for Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday, and

- a 10 cent count from SA’s "fourth decimal series" which carries the image of a Cape honey bee (coins planned for a future release).

In a small circle at centre, the anniversary dates 1921 - 2021.

The initials of the die-sinker (engraver) MJS, for Marthinus J Scheepers, are in the right part of the central circle, to the right of and above the image of the Mandela R5. The right part of the central circle has a background of rays emanating from the centre.

Around above in the outer rim, the inscription SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK · 100 YEARS.

Below left, mostly in in the central circle, is the numeral of the value: 5; around below in the rim, the denomination RAND.

The abbreviation SARB, for South African Reserve Bank (the issuer of the coin) is inscribed three times below left on the rim, and six times below right. It is also repeated multiple times around the outer rim in microtext.

Inscription: SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK · 100 YEARS 1921 - 2021 5 RAND

Edge

Reeded, SARB R5 (repeated ten times)

Security edge with lettering

Lettering: SARB R5 SARB R5 SARB R5 SARB R5 SARB R5 SARB R5 SARB R5 SARB R5 SARB R5 SARB R5

Mintage

Proof Mintage

1994

10M Presidential Inauguration

10,000  Presidential Inauguration

1994

45M

5,804

1995

41M

5,816

1996

15M

4,827

1996

?(Mint Mark)

?(Mint Mark)

1997

1.28M

3,596

1998

1.152M

3,051

1998

314(Mint Mark)

-(Mint Mark)

1999

8.8M

3,774

1999

1009(Mint Mark)

-(Mint Mark)

2000

1m

3,703

2000

6.2M Bimetal

40,000 Bimetal

2000

672(Mint Mark)

-(Mint Mark)

2001

2M

3,678

2001

779 (mint mark)

2002

?M

3,250

2002

106(mint mark)

-

2003

?

2,909

2004

?

1,935

2004

3,243(mint mark)

-

2005

?

1,944

2005

997(mint mark)

-

2006

?

1,637

2006

997(mint mark)

-

2007

?

1,280

2007

2,354(mint mark)

-

2008

?

?

2008

?(mint mark)

?

2008

?(90^th Birthday Mandela)

?(90^th Birthday Mandela)

2008

?(90^th Birthday Mandela)

?(90^th Birthday Mandela)

2009

11,178M

757

2010

8,064M

?

2011

10,500

10,500

2012

? 

 ?

 2013

?

? 

 2014

 ?

 ?

 2015

?

?

 2016

? 

 ?

2017

?

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