South Africa: thematic design continuity

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Sparrows on the farthing.




Amended legend.




Amended legend.




Half cent, 1961 to 1964.




1 cent, 1965 to 1989.




½ cent, 1970 to 1983 (with gaps, some years proof only).




1 cent, 1990 onwards.

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Springbok, 5 shillings.




Amended legend.




½ pound (gold).




1 pound (gold).




50 cents (1961 to 1964).




1 rand (gold).




2 rand (gold).




1 rand, 1965 to 1990 (with gaps, and some proof only).




1990 to 2022.




2023 onward.




Krugerrand, 1974.

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Wildebeest. 2 cents, 1965 to 1990.





Promoted to the 5 rand coin, 1990 to 2003.





2004 onward. Promoted to be bimetallic.  Is that down to merit, or did it threaten to headbutt people?

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The blue crane.  5 cents, 1965 to 1989.





5 cents, 1990 onward. In all these years, it has never got a promotion. 

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Three pence.  King protea.




Amended legend.




Six pence.




Amended legend.




2½ cents, 1961 to 1964.




5 cents, 1961 to 1964.




20 cents, 1965 to 1990.  Protea, centre right.




20 cents, 1990 to 2022.




1 rand, 2023 onward.

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Arum lily (left), 50 cents, 1965 to 1990.





10 cents, 1990 onward. That's a demotion. 

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Strelitizia (right), 50 cents, 1965 to 1990.





50 cents, 1990 onward. Promoted to have its own space. 

 

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"Hope" on the shilling.




Amended legend.




Amended legend.




10 cents, 1961 to 1964. The Pole Star was removed - I don't know why.

After that, Hope was seen no more on the South African coinage. 

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Florin.




Same coin, amended legend.




Amended legend.




20 cents, 1961 to 1965.




The Voortrekker wagon appeared on the 1 cent coin of 1961 to 1964.




2½ shillings, 1923.




2½ shillings, 1926.




2½ shillings, 1952.

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Coat of arms, 1 rand, one year type of 1969.



Coat of arms, ½ cent, 1970.



Coat of arms, 1990 to 1995.



The same coat of arms on the obverse of a 2 rand coin of 1989.

Here you see "Suid-Afrika" at left.

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South African Republic: Paul Kruger portrait without legend.



South African Republic: Paul Kruger portrait with legend.



South Africa, Krugerrand, 1984.

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Jan van Riebeeck appeared on the obverse of the coinage from 1961 to 1964.



A different portrait of him appeared on the obverse of the next design series, from 1965 to 1969.

From 1970, either the coat of arms or a portrait of one of the various presidents appeared instead.

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Notice the different shapes and sizes of the small rosettes that are used as separators around the rim of the coin.

They appear on the coins from 1923 to 1964. Sometimes mere diamonds are used instead.

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See also:

1] Paul Kruger and the coinage of the South African Republic.

2] Coinage of the Union of South Africa.

3] First Coinage of the Republic of South Africa.

4] Second Coinage of the Republic of South Africa.

5] Third Coinage of the Republic of South Africa.

6] Numismatic changes in the new South Africa.

7] The pound: predecimal to decimal design continuity.

8] South Africa: springbok design sketches by Coert Steynberg.