20 cents coin South Africa (large type)

20 Cents South Africa (Old Coat of Arms Type)

This twenty cent piece belongs to the pre-1994 decimal coinage of the Republic of South Africa, the series that carried the old national coat of arms. Struck in nickel with a bright silvery-white surface and a milled edge, it is a firm, medium-sized circulating coin from the era before the country’s later redesigns. Its floral reverse links it to the botanical themes used across South Africa’s minor coinage of the period.

On the obverse appears the old coat of arms of South Africa — a quartered central shield flanked by two antelope supporters, with a lion crest above holding rods and a scroll bearing the motto “UNITATE VIRES” (unity is strength) beneath. The bilingual country name “SUID-AFRIKA” and “SOUTH AFRICA” arcs around the design, with the year of minting at the foot between small dots.

On the reverse, a king protea, South Africa’s national flower, is shown in full bloom among its foliage. The numeral “20” stands boldly to the left of the flower, with the designer’s initials “T.S.” in the lower field, the whole forming the distinctive protea motif long associated with the twenty cent coin.

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