1963 South Africa 2 Rand

Mintage 10,000 

Obverse

Portrait of Jan van Riebeeck 1/4 right, legend around

Script: Latin

Lettering: UNITY IS STRENGTH * EENDRAG MAAK MAG *

Designer: Willie Myburg

Reverse

Pronking Springbok above the denomination.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SOUTH AFRICA·1964·SUID-AFRIKA
CLS
* 2R *

Designer: Coert Laurens Steynberg

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Pretoria, South Africa (1890-1902; 1923-1992)

Comments

Dimensions vary slightly between the original 1961-4 issues and the later 1965-83 strikes.
Proof like strikes exist for most years but these are very hard to distinguish from the Proofs.
Matte finish coins were produced for export.
Huge numbers have been smelted and availability of specimens is becoming scarce.
(Courtesy of Brian Hern's Handbook on South African Coins & Patterns)

Diameter            22 mm

Weight               7.99 g

Fineness            0.917 (22 Carat Gold)

Gold Content      0.2354