SOUTH_AFRICA 

KM 99

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
 Inscriptions along the rim - title of state in English and in Afrikaans. In the center: effigy of President Diederichs, below - the year of minting.

Nicolaas Diederichs (1903-1978) served as the third State President
of South Africa from 1975 to 1978.

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.