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2017 CROWN AND TICKEY
SOUTH AFRICAN INVENTIONS: THE HEART TRANSPLANT
Sterling-silver R2 Crown and 2 1⁄2 Tickey
The ‘South African inventions’ theme, was launched in 2016 with the dolos as the first invention to be featured.
The year 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the first successful human-to-human heart transplant, performed by a team of surgeons – led by Dr Christiaan Neethling Barnard – at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town on 3 December 1967.
The reverse of the R2 crown depicts a human torso indicating the position of the heart, the denomination, the words ‘First heart transplant’, and the year ‘1967’.
The obverse features the coat of arms of South Africa, the year ‘2017’, and the words ‘South Africa’ in all the official languages.
The reverse of the 2 1⁄2 c tickey shows a human heart, the denomination, and ‘CNB’, while the obverse features the words ‘South Africa’, ‘2017’, and a King Protea.
The obverse of the two coins remains unchanged, with South Africa’s national flower, the King Protea occupying the central position along with the words ‘South Africa’ and the year ‘2017’.
R2 CROWN
REF NM: SIL-PC-R217
Mass
Diameter
Metal Content Reverse Die Sinker Obverse Die Sinker Reverse Artist Mintage
Mintage
33.626 g
38,725 mm
Ag 925 Cu 75
P Botes
AL Sutherland
CVB Jeppe & RC Stone Single Coin: 1,000
2 Coin set: 700
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Reverse
Obverse