1oz Krugerrand, South Africa, 2017, Silver

Country

South Africa

Year

2017

Value

1 Oz Fine Silver

Metal

Fine Silver .999

Weight

33.626gm 

Diameter

38,725mm 

Thickness

2.84 mm

Obverse Design

Otto Schultz

Reverse Design

Coert Steynbergmn(CLS)

Shape

Round

Last issue of series

Obverse

Portrait of Paul Kruger

Born Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, he was better known to a generation of Dutch-descended South African farmers as Oom Paul, or Uncle Paul, for his support of the Boer cause in South Africa during the Boer Wars with Great Britain.

Lettering:  

SUID-AFRIKA * SOUTH AFRICA

Reverse

Springbok Antelope

The antelope has featured on the reverse along with Kruger's effigy on the obverse since 1967 when the first Gold Krugerrands were issued. The Springbok antelope design comes from Coert Steynberg.

Lettering:

KRUGERRAND

FYNSILVER 1OZ FINE SILVER R1

20 (left)

17 (right)

Edge

Reeded/Grained

Mintage

Proof Mintage

2017