Owner Comments:
WOW - Stand - Alone Finest Known! (1/1)
Total MSRD Graded: 2
Circulation Mintage: 91,860,000
The 1976 issue commemorates the end of the presidency of Jacobus Johannes Fouché (1898 - 1980) who served as the second State President of South Africa from 1968 to 1975.
1c coins issued in 1976 circulated for 14 years until they were replaced with an even smaller copper-plated steel version that was introduced in 1990.
Obverse
Instead of the Coat of Arms of South Africa, the obverse of the 1976 coins displays a portrait of Jacobus Johannes Fouché, South Africa's second president, facing right.
Below the neck truncation, the initials of the obverse designer: J.B. (for Jean Baptiste Buisset).
Around left and around right, the bilingual legend reads SUID-AFRIKA in Afrikaans and SOUTH AFRICA in English.
Around below, the date of issue * 1976 *.
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).