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In 1989 the South African Mint proposed a new coin series for South Africa and recommended a complete change to electroplated coins as a solution to the escalating costs of materials and manufacturing and the increasing risk of falsification. The new series was divided into three different groups: Red Series
| 1c - Cape Sparrow
2c - Fish Eagle
5c - Blue Crane
Steel core plated with a composition of copper.
| Yellow Series
| 10c - Arum Lily
20c - Protea
50c - Strelitzia
Steel core plated with copper (88%) and tin.
| White Series
| R5 - Wildebeest
R2 - Kudu
R1 - Springbok
Copper core plated with nickel.
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As part of the third decimal series, it was agreed that the Kudu be portrayed on South Africa's first R2 circulation coin. Initially, a leopard design was considered for the R2 but it was decided that designs for the R1, R2 and R5 should be the antelope. The Kudu is known as the "King of the Antelope" because of its magnificent horns.
Specifications| Description | Diameter (mm) | Mass (g)
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| Content | | | Die-sinker | Obverse/ Reverse
| | R2 Kudu | 23 | 5.5 | Nickle-plated copper
| AL Sutherland | AL Sutherland |
Language rotation2002 - isiZulu and isiXhosa 2003 - isiNdebele and isiZulu 2004 - Tshivenda and isiNdebele 2005 - siSwati and Tshivenda 2006 - Xitsonga and siSwati 2007 - English and Xitsonga 2008 - Setswana and English 2009 - Sepedi/Sesotho andSetswana 2010 - Afrikaans and Sepedi/Sesotho 2011 - isiXhosa and Afrikaans
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RSA Coin Series