Owner Comments:
Joint Finest Known! (1/4)
Total MSRD Graded: 235
Circulation Mintage: +/- 604 Million
On the 28th March 2002 the South African Reserve Bank announced that it will cease the distribution for circulation of one and two cent coins as of 31st March 2002. The coins have not been formally demonetized and are still legal tender throughout the Common Monetary Area. In practice though, they do not circulate due to their low value.
1c coins issued in 2001 circulated for 1 year until they were withdrawn from circulation.
Obverse
The obverse of the coin displays the Coat of Arms of South Africa at its center. Below the Coat of Arms, the initials of the engraver: ALS (for Arthur Sutherland).
Around left and right, the name of the country in Ndebele: ISEWULA AFRIKA.
Above, the date of issue: 2001.
Reverse
The reverse shows at its center two Cape sparrows (Passer melanurus) on a branch. Below the bird on the left, in small letters the initials of the designer WL (for William Lumley).
In the center, the value and denomination 1c (one cent).