SOUTH_AFRICA 

KM 83

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
2 cents 22.5 4.0   Reeded Bronze Medal
Obverse Reverse

Inscription along the rim: title of state in English and in Afrikaans. Coat of arms (1932 - 2000) in the center.

Image of Black Wildbeest in the center, below - denomination.

The Black Wildebeest or White-tailed gnu (Connochaetes gnou) is one of two gnu species. The natural populations of this species, endemic to the southern region of Africa.