SOUTH_AFRICA 

KM 85

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
10 cents 20.7 4.0   Plain Nickel Medal
Obverse Reverse
Inscriptions along the rim: title of state in English and in Afrikaans. In the center: coat of arms (1932-2000), below - the year of minting.

Face value, below - image of Aloe plant.

Aloe, is a genus containing about four hundred species of flowering succulent plants. The most common and well known of these is Aloe vera, or 'true aloe'. The genus is native to Africa, and is common in South Africa's Cape Province.