SOUTH_AFRICA 

KM 81

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
1/2 cent 16.3 2.0   Reeded Bronze Medal
Obverse Reverse
Inscriptions along the rim - title of state in English and in Afrikaans. In the center: coat of arms, below - the year of minting.

Face value, below - image of two Cape Sparrows sitting on branch.

The Cape Sparrow or Mossie (Passer melanurus) lives in dry areas of southern Africa.