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

Notices

The Dimension of, Design for, and Compilation of the fine-silver R5 (5oz) Krugerrand to be issued in 2025 in South Africa

Notice No. 3675 of 2025
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Notice No. 3675

5 December 2025

GG 53797

 

National Treasury

 

I, Enoch Godongwana, the Minister of Finance, in terms of section 19(1)(a) of the South African Reserve Bank Act (Act No. 90 of 1989 - 'the Act'),  hereby declare that—

 

(a)the fine-silver R5 (5 oz) Krugerrand as set out in section (a) of Schedule 2 to the Act, which will be manufactured and issued by virtue of section 16(1) of the Act, will be legal tender as from the date of publication in the Government Gazette;

 

(b)that the design of the said coin series 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:

 

DENOMINATION1

METAL CONTENT

DIAMETER 2

MASS3

R5 (5 oz) Krugerrand

Fine-silver, Ag 999

64.00 mm

155.535 g

 

1 The denominations are featured on the coins in an abbreviated format (e.g. 'R1'), written out in full (e.g. 'One Rand') or a combination of a number and rand (e.g. '1 Rand'). Note that the gold Krugerrands do not feature a denomination.
2 The diameter is the average diameter of the coin as issued.
3 The standard mass is the minimum mass of the coin or least current mass for precious metal coins and the average mass for copper alloy coins.

 

 

Mr E Godongwana

Minister of Finance

 

[The fine-silver R5 (5 oz) Krugerrand series can be found on Notice No. 3675, GG53797, dated 5 December 2025]