South Africa R1 - One Rand 1990 Botha (Nickel)

12.0000 g

Instead of the Coat of Arms of South Africa, the obverse of the 1990 coins displays a bust of Pieter Willem Botha, South Africa's sixth president and first executive State President, facing three-quarters right.

Below the shoulder truncation, the initials of the obverse designer: ALS (for Arthur Sutherland).

Around left and around right, the bilingual legend reads SUID-AFRIKA in Afrikaans and SOUTH AFRICA in English.

Around below, the date of issue * 1990 *.