1 Rand Anniversary of Pretoria Mint

Features

Issuer	South Africa
Period	Republic (1961-date)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	1974
Value	1 Rand 1 ZAR = USD 0.06
Currency	Rand (1961-date)
Composition	Silver (.800)
Weight	15.0 g
Diameter	32.7 mm
Thickness	2.25 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 18971
References	KM# 89 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Hern# D290 Brian Hern, Peter Wilson (ed.), Henk Loots (ed.); 2017. Hern's Handbook on South African Coins and Patterns 2017/18 (9^th Edition). Gary Levitan, Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Commemorative issue

50th anniversary of the South African Mint

Obverse

National arms between Afrikaans and English legends

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SUID-AFRIKA . SOUTH AFRICA
T.S.
. 1974 .

Engraver: Tommy Sasseen

Reverse

4 coin designs surround brick door at center

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1923 1973
T.S.
1 RAND

Engraver: Tommy Sasseen

Edge

Milled

Comments

The first mint premises in Pretoria was founded in 1890 by Johannes Paulus Kruger, President of the South African Republic, after the discovery of vast gold deposits in 1886 near the Witwatersrand. Coin production in Pretoria ceased following the end of the 2nd Boer War in 1902 and the occupation of the area by British forces. In 1910, the separate provinces of Transvaal, Orange Free State, Natal and the Cape Colony were brought together to form the Union of South Africa as a Dominion of the British Empire. The Mint Act of 1919 served to establish a branch of the Royal Mint in the city of Pretoria, and this mint began producing the gold pound in 1923. In July of 1941, however, ties between South Africa and the Royal Mint were severed, and the mint became known as the South African Mint thereafter.

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Date	Mintage	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1974	20 000	$ 39		56%
1974	15 000	$ 44	Proof	48%

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Bullion value: USD 28.06 Search tips

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Actual silver weight: 0.386 oz

Current silver price: 72.73 USD/oz (see silver price

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