SA Mint releases commemorative R5 coin
The South African Mint (SA Mint) on Monday released a new R5 coin themed “Let us live and strive for freedom”, the last of its coins in the SA25 commemorative circulation coin series.
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB), of which the Mint is a wholly-owned subsidiary, has also issued five new R2 coins over the past three months in an effort to mark South Africa’s 25 years of constitutional democracy.
Designed by Johannesburg-based Lady Skollie, the new R5 coin’s imagery is an interpretation of the famous images of South Africa’s polling stations in 1994.
The coin’s reverse features people standing in a queue waiting to cast their vote, inspired by the country’s first democratic elections with words “Let us live and strive for freedom” inscribed. The line originates from the fourth stanza of the South African national anthem.
The obverse features the national coat of arms together with the date of issue, 2019, and the words “South Africa” written as Afrika Borwa (Sepedi or Sesotho) and Aforika Borwa (Setswana).
SA Mint MD Tumi Tsehlo says the coins are “a wonderful way to remind ourselves of the guiding role the Constitution has played in shaping the country”.
“The very nature of the SA25 range provides an opportunity for all South Africans to become informed about the constitution and appreciate its progressiveness,” Tsehlo added.
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