Depicts a portrait of Jan van Riebeeck with the state name in English at right.

Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck (1619–1677) was a Dutch navigator and colonial administrator who founded Cape Town in what then became the Dutch Cape Colony of the Dutch East India Company.

Depicts standing Blue Crane with large denomination at right. Engraver's initials below.

The Blue Crane (Anthropoides Paradisea) is the national bird of South Africa and is found throughout the large Savannah areas of South Africa, usually near water. Each bird is about 105 cm tall with both sexes identical. Identification is easy because of the large head with dark brown irises and a pinkish bill. Nesting pairs seem to mate for life and use the same nesting sites. The Blue Crane population is thriving.

As the Blue Crane is more-or-less confined to South Africa, it has been used only on South African coins.