SOUTH AFRICA 1965 SILVER 5 SHILLINGS OP 1008

SIZE OF COIN  39  MM DIAMATER
FINE SILVER 500

WEIGHT 28.2  GRAMS

CONDITION  GOOD

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