Owner Comments:
Joint Finest Known PFUC! (1/8)
Total Graded: 126
Mintage: 3,907
1991 saw the introduction of the new PROTEA SERIES COINS for the S1R.
The South African Mint released attractive designs and special themes to commemorate special events or awards. Each reverse bears a different design based on the theme for that year.
The 1993 Commemorative issue celebrated 200 years of Banking in South Africa.
Obverse
The obverse has an image of the King Protea (Protea cynaroides), the national flower of South Africa.
Around left, the name of the country in Afrikaans: SUID-AFRIKA; around right, the name in English: SOUTH AFRICA.
Below, the date of issue: * 1993 *.
Designer: Arthur L. Sutherland (ALS)
Reverse
In the center, a stack of coins with an outline of the SA Reserve Bank building in Pretoria, 1793 VOC Doit and 1993 Krugerrand to the left and a lion's head on the right.
Legend: Around top, the inscription in Afrikaans BANKWESE and inscription in English BANKING.
Bottom center, EEN RAND ONE (the value and denomination). Een Rand in Afrikaans, and One Rand in English.
Period years: Left 1793 and Right 1993
Designer: L. Lotriet (LL)