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1948 FIVE SHILLING SOUTH AFRICA 80% SILVER CO17 CO 1740

1948 FIVE SHILLING SOUTH AFRICA 80% SILVER CO17 CO 1740

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Year 1948

Detailed item info

SIZE OF COIN 39 MM DIAMATER

WEIGHT 28.2 GRAMS

CONDITION GOOD

Properties
GeoSouth Africa
Sub GeoNot Available
Coinage TypeStandard Coinage
Denomination5 Shillings
Year1948
CompositionSilver
Catalog NumberKM# 40.1
Obverse DescriptionHead left
Reverse DescriptionSpringbok
Obverse DesignerT.H. Paget
Reverse DesignerCoert L. Steynberg
Ruler NameGeorge VI
Diameter (mm.)38.8
Fineness0.8
Actual Weight (oz.)0.727

SOUTH AFRICAS CURRENCY IS BASED ON THE RAND

IN 1962 THE COUNTRY CHANGED OVER TO DECIMAL

100C = 1 RAND R1

1961-1964 WERE THE JAN VAN RIEBEECK YEARS AND COINS ABOVE 1 CENT WERE SILVER COINS

1965-1968 A SLIVER R1 COIN WAS INTRODUCED

1970 HALF CENT DISCONTINUED

1989 R2 DENOMINATIONS WERE INTRODUCED

2004 BI METALIC COIN R5

       
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