Notices > The Dimension of, Design for, and Compilation of the Year 2021 to 2023, Second Series of the "Africa's Big 5" Coins

Notice No. 343

11 June 2021

GG 44680

Ministry of Finance

By virtue of the powers vested in me by section 19(1)(a) of the South African Reserve Bank Act (Act No. 90 of 1989), I hereby declare—

(a)	that the second series of the "Africa's Big 5" coins, as set out in Section (a) of the Second Schedule to the said Act, which will be manufactured, and will be issued by virtue of section 16(1) of the said Act, will be legal tender as from 1 January 2021; and

(b)	that the design of the said coins will be the designs as shown and which are attached to this notice; and

(c)	that the specifications of the said coin are as follows:

*1	Please note that this specification shows the average diameter of the coin.

*2	Please note that this specification shows the minimum mass of the coin.

Mr TT Mboweni

Minister of Finance

2021-2023

‘Africa’s Big 5’ Second Series

The ‘Africa’s Big 5’ second series consists of a range of coins with varing specifications and denominations. Each range

of 5 coins, irrespective of the specifications and denominations, depict the same design of each of the five animals on the

reverse and obverse. Therefore only the 1oz pure gold series of five coins is featured below.

[Africa's Big 5 Second Series Coin Features can be found on Notice No. 343, GG44680, dated 11 June 2021]

South African Reserve Bank Act, 1989 (Act No. 90 of 1989)