SA to get new-look coins

SA is to get some "exciting and hip" new coins, but what they will look like is still under wraps, says government spokesperson Themba Maseko.

Mandela money: Spend it or keep it?

If you are lucky enough to find one of the five million new commemorative Nelson Mandela R5 coins, would you trade it for a loaf of bread?

South Africa launched a special coin on Monday as part of celebrations for the 90th birthday of former president Nelson Mandela.

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Worth the money
Nelson Mandela is seen at the launch of the new R5 coin issued in Johannesburg on Monday to celebrate his birthday. Five...

Pollution
An unidentified Indian boy searches for coins in the polluted waters of the Yamuna River in New Delhi on Friday. The nat...

Ancient coins
One of the skippers show some of the ancient coins they were allowed to keep from their archaeological expedition. ...

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