SOUTH_AFRICA 

KM 162

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
20 cents 19.0 3.45   Reeded Brass-plated-Steel Medal
Obverse Reverse
Inscriptions along the rim: title of state in Tswana. In the center: ņoat of arms (1932-2000), below - the year of minting.

The Tswana language belongs to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo languages.

Image of Protea plant, denomination.

The King Protea (Protea cynaroides) is a flowering plant. Its flower head is the largest in the genus Protea.
It is the National Flower of South Africa.