Owner Comments:
Joint Finest Known! (1/2)
Total PFRDC Graded: 4
Proof Mintage: 15,000
The 1979 issue commemorates the end of the presidency of Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs (1903 - 1978) who served as the third State President of South Africa from 1975 to 1978.
Obverse
Instead of the Coat of Arms of South Africa, the obverse of the 1979 coins displays a portrait of Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs, South Africa's third president, facing three-quarters left.
Below the neck truncation, the initials of the obverse designer: LDL (for Lourens De Lange).
Around left and around right, the bilingual legend reads SUID-AFRIKA in Afrikaans and SOUTH AFRICA in English.
Around below, the date of issue * 1979 *.
Reverse
The reverse shows at its center two Cape sparrows (Passer melanurus) on a branch. Below the bird on the right, in small letters the initials of the designer T.S. (for Tommy Sasseen).
Above, the value and denomination 1c (one cent).