Obverse. Photo © NumisCorner.com
  • 10 Cents 1976, KM# 94, South Africa, The End of Jacobus Johannes Fouché's Presidency
  • 10 Cents 1976, KM# 94, South Africa, The End of Jacobus Johannes Fouché's Presidency
Obverse

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

SOUTH AFRICA SUID-AFRIKA
J.B.
· 1976 ·

Reverse

Aloe plant with denomination above.

Aloe, also written Aloë, is a genus containing over 500 species of flowering succulent plants. The most widely known species is Aloe vera, or "true aloe", so called because, though probably extinct in the wild, it is cultivated as the standard source of so-called "aloe vera" for assorted pharmaceutical purposes.

The genus is native to tropical and southern Africa, Madagascar, Jordan, the Arabian Peninsula, and various islands in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius, Réunion, Comoros, etc.).

Engraver: Tommy Sasseen

10
T.S.

Edge
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Nickel
Weight 4 g
Diameter 20.7 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Pretoria Mint, South Africa (SA)

Related coins