Owner Comments:
WOW - Stand-alone Finest Known PFUC. (1/1)
Total Graded: 81
Mintage: 5,150
1986 was the International Year of Peace; this was not, however, recognized by the South African government at the time, which declared a National Year of the Disabled instead.
Obverse
The obverse of the coin displays the Coat of Arms of South Africa at its centre, as granted to the Union of South Africa by King George V and later amended by the British College of Arms. It contains representation of the four provinces within the Union.
The Coat of Arms features a shield quartered, each quarter a symbol of one of the four provinces of South Africa. An ox wagon represents Transvaal Province, a woman with an anchor represents Cape Province, two wildebeests represent Natal Province and an orange tree represents the Orange Free State Province. The crest of the arms features a lion holding four bound sticks. The supporters are a springbok and a gemsbok. Below the arms, the Latin motto, EX UNITATE VIRES (translated at first as "Union Is Strength", but from 1961 translated as "Unity Is Strength").
Around left, the name of the country in Afrikaans: SUID-AFRIKA; around right, the name in English: SOUTH AFRICA.
Below, the date of issue: * 1986 *.
Below the Coat of Arms on the left side, in small letters the initials of the designer ALS (for Arthur Sutherland).
Reverse
At centre, a stylised standing figure with arms up-stretched and a second stylised figure seated in a wheelchair. A curved grid in the background.
To the left of the standing figure, the abbreviated value and denomination 1R (One Rand).
Around above, the inscription in Afrikaans: JAAR VAN GESTREMDE PERSONE; around below, the same in English: YEAR OF DISABLED PEOPLE.