Portrait of Jacobus Johannes Fouché facing right, surrounded by the country name in Afrikaans and English, 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

Depicted the King protea plant within sprigs with the denomination on the left.

The South African National Flower, the King Protea was one of the first distinctive South African symbols that appeared on the tickey and sixpence coins from 1925 to 1960. With the introduction of South Africa’s first decimal series (1961–1964) the Protea was again depicted on the 2½c and 5c coins.

With the second decimal coin series (1965–1989), a South African horticultural artist, Cynthna Letty was responsible for the artwork. Die-sinker Tommy Sasseen modelled the design from the original watercolour painting which can be viewed at the South African Mint museum.