South Africa 2 Cents 1965-1969

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2 Cents 1965-1969, KM# 66.1, South Africa

2 Cents 1965-1969, KM# 66.1, South Africa

Obverse. Photo © NumisCorner.com

Obverse	Person (scientist, inventor, explorer, architect etc.) Jan van Riebeeck Depicts a portrait of Jan van Riebeeck facing right, with country name in Afrikaans and date on the 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. Engraver: Tommy Sasseen SOUTH AFRICA 1965 T.S.
Reverse	Animal (fish, bird, mammal etc.) Wildebeest Wildebeest bucking left above denomination. The wildebeests, also called gnus, or wildebai, are a genus of antelopes, Connochaetes. They belong to the family Bovidae, which includes antelopes, cattle, goats, sheep and other even-toed horned ungulates. Engraver: Jan van Zyl 2c J.V.Z.
Edge	Reeded (milled)

2 Cents

SOUTH AFRICA

1965-1969 South Africa

KM# 66.1

Characteristics

Material	Bronze
Weight	4 g
Diameter	22.45 mm
Thickness	1.71 mm
Shape	round
Alignment	Medal
Alt #	Hern# D50, Hern# D52, Hern# D54, Hern# D58
Mint	Pretoria Mint, South Africa (SA)

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