SOUTH_AFRICA 

KM 495

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 isiSwati language. In the center: coat of arms (2001), above - the year of minting.

Swati is a Bantu language, an official language of South Africa.

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.