Government Gazette

Vol. 426, No. 21919, 15 December 2000

GENERAL NOTICE

Notice 1388 of 2000

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK ACT, 1989

THE DIMENSION OF, DESIGN FOR, AND COMPILATION OF, R5 CIRCULATION COINS

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 -

  1. that the R5 circulation coin as set out in Section (b) of the Second Schedule to the said Act, which is being manufactured, and will be issued by virtue of section 16(1) of the said Act, will be legal tender as from 1 November 2000; and
  2. that the designs of the said coins will be the design as attached to this notice; and
  3. that the specifications of the said coins are as follows:
DENOMINATION DIAMETER TOLERANCE ON DIAMETER (POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE)
R5 26,00 mm 0,6 mm

T. A. MANUEL
Minister of Finance