SOUTH_AFRICA 

KM 443

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
50 cents 22.0 5.0   Reeded Brass-plated-Steel Medal
Obverse Reverse
Inscriptions along the rim: title of state in Venda language. In the center: coat of arms (2001), above - the year of minting.

Venda, also known as Tshivenda, is a Bantu language and an official language of South Africa.

Image of 'Bird of paradise' plant, denomination.

'Bird of paradise' - large tropical South African herb (Strelitzia reginae) of the family Musaceae (banana) with large blue and orange blossoms evokative of an exotic bird.