SOUTH_AFRICA 

KM 86

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
20 cents 24.3 6.1   Plain Copper-Nickel Medal
Obverse Reverse
Inscriptions along the rim: title of state in Afrikaans and in English. In the center: coat of arms (1932-2000), below - the year of minting.

Image of Protea Cynaroides within sprigs, on the left - value.

The King Protea (Protea cynaroides) is a flowering plant. Its flower head is the largest in the genus Protea: the species is also known as Giant Protea.
The King Protea is the National Flower of South Africa.