SOUTH AFRICA 1964 PROOF 50 CENTS OP 998

COIN SIZE 38 MM DIAMETER

WEIGHT 28.2 GRAMS

CONDITION F

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