South Africa

The Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans and the 25th-largest country and, with over 57 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. Capital: Pretoria,

Area: 1,221,037 km2, Time zone: UTC+2 (SAST), Call.code +27, driving side: left

Official users: South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland.
Unofficial users: Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Five Rand

Metal: Bi-Metallic Brass center in Copper-nickel ring, Weight: 9.4 g, Diameter: 26.0 mm, Thickness: 3.0 mm

Obverse: South Africa coat of arms with the motto "diverse people united" in Bochimans.

Reverse: Wildebeest. Initials of the South Africa Reserve Bank repeated all around.

Two Rand

Metal: Nickel plated Copper, Weight: 5.5 g, Diameter: 23.0 mm, Thickness: 1.75 mm

Obverse: New national coat of arms.

Reverse: Greater Kudu and value.

One Rand

Metal: Nickel plated Copper, Weight: 4.0 g, Diameter: 20.0 mm, Thickness: 1.8 mm

Obverse: South Africa coat of arms, inscribed in a square, with the motto "diverse people united" in ǀXam.

Reverse: Springbok "Soli Deo gloria" is one of the five Reformers' basic beliefs during the Protestant Reformation. It means "Glory to God alone".

Fifty Cent

Material: Bronze plated Steel, Diameter: 20.00 mm, Thickness: 2.00 mm, Weight: 5.0g

Obverse: New national coat of arms.

Reverse: Bird-of-paradise flower, commonly known in South Africa as the "crane" flower. That flower is native to South Africa.

Twenty Cent

Material: Bronze plated Steel, Diameter: 19.00 mm, Thickness: 1.8 mm, Weight: 3.5g

Obverse: New national coat of arms.

Reverse: A Royal Protea, South Africa's national flower.

Ten Cent

Material: Bronze plated Steel, Diameter: 16.00 mm, Thickness: 1.5 mm, Weight: 2.0g

Obverse: New national coat of arms.

Reverse: Arum Lily at left, value at right.

Five Cent

Metal: Copper plated Steel, Weight: 4.5 g, Diameter: 21.0 mm, Thickness: 1.9 mm

Obverse: Nnational coat of arms.

Reverse: Blue crane and value.

South Africa

Country in Southern Africa

The rand (sign: R; code: ZAR) is the official currency of South Africa. The rand is subdivided into 100 cents (sign: "c"). The ISO 4217 from Zuid-Afrikaanse rand.