Country: South Africa, South Africa
Capital: Pretoria
Currency: Rand
Numeric code: 710
Alphabetic code: ZAR
South Africa occupies the entire southern tip of the African continent. The country is vast in territory – more than 1.2 million square kilometers. It is populated by nearly 49 million people. Three cities claim to be the capital: Pretoria (administrative centre), Cape town (legislative) and Bloemfontein (judicial).
Rand, equal to hundred cents, serves the local population monetary unit since 1961. Place it after the country gained its sovereignty, lost to the South African pound. Immediately he was made the first release of new coins: ½ cent, 1 , 2½, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents. But in 1965 the government changed their minds and replaced two and a half cents dujanovic. So now can buy coins South Africa such nominal difficult because they have long been withdrawn from circulation. A cent "held" until 1973 (when they were minted for the last time). Inflation was forced in 1977 to add to the catalogue of coins South Africa 1 Rand, 1989 – 2 Rand and in 1990, 3 Rand. Respectively one and two cents have lost their relevance and gradually went out of circulation. The rest of the coin series was able to reach unchanged to the present day.
As for the coin value South Africa, we can say that it is formed by the General laws of numismatics: rare, age of coins and their safety. The average price of the coins, Africa (not too ancient) starts from $ 1.