South Africa, 2000 AD., Republic, South African Mint, 1 Rand, KM 227.
South Africa, Republic, engravers: Arthur Sutherland (obv.) and Linda Lotriet, South African Mint Company (Pty.) Ltd., 2000 AD.,
1 Rand (ø 20 mm / 3,94 g), nickel plated copper (magnetic, 92-94% copper, 6-8% nickel), 4,00 g. theor. mint weight, mintage 35.000.000 , axis medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), edge reeded in segments,
Obv.: 2000 / SUID - AFRIKA / !KE E: /XARRA //KE / ALS , date above South Africa coat of arms, at base motto "diverse people united" in Bochimans; country name in Afrikaans flanking, engraver´s initials below.
Rev.: 1 RAND / SOLI DEO GLORIA / LL , Springbok (an Antelope, Antidorcas marsupialis) leaping r., motto "Soli Deo gloria" ("Glory to God alone“ – or “Glory to the only God"), segment of soil with grass and engraver´s initials below.
KM 227 ; Hern Ng12 .
Year / Mintage
2000 ? BU Set
2000 35,000,000 Hern Ng12
2000 ? proof issue
2001 ? BU Set
2001 1,196,322 Hern Ng13
2001 3,678 Hern Ng13; proof issue
For the motto Soli Deo gloria:
This is a Latin term for Glory to God alone. It has been used by artists like Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Christoph Graupner to signify that the work was produced for the sake of praising God. The phrase has become one of the five solas propounded to summarise the Reformers' basic beliefs during the Protestant Reformation. As a doctrine, it means that everything that is done is for God's glory to the exclusion of mankind's self-glorification and pride. Christians are to be motivated and inspired by God's glory and not their own.
More on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soli_Deo_gloria