Depicts a portrait of Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs South Africa's second president, facing right wearing glasses,below the neck truncation, the initials of the obverse designer: J.B. country name in Afrikaans and English above, date below.

Jacobus Johannes "Jim" Fouché (1898-1980) served as the second State President of South Africa from 1968 to 1975. He was the only State President to serve his full seven-year term of office, as well as having the second-longest presidency to date (after Thabo Mbeki, who surpassed him on 14 June 2006).

Engraver: Jean Baptiste Buisset

Depicts two Cape sparrows perched on branch, below the bird on the right, in small letters the initials of the designer T.S., denomination is positioned above.

The Cape sparrow or mossie (Passer melanurus) is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae found in southern Africa. A medium-sized sparrow at 14–16 centimetres (5.5–6.3 in), it has distinctive plumage including large pale head stripes. Both sexes are mostly coloured grey, brown, and chestnut, and the male has some black and white markings on its head and neck. It inhabits semi-arid savannah, cultivated areas, and towns, and ranges from the central coast of Angola to eastern South Africa and Swaziland.

Engraver: Tommy Sasseen