50 Rand With Omron rings

Features

Issuer	South Africa
Bank emisyjny	Banque centrale sud-africaine
Period	Republic (1961-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	2013-2016
Value	50 Rand 50 ZAR = USD 3.02
Currency	Rand (1961-date)
Composition	Papier
Size	140 × 70 mm
Shape	Prostokątny
Number	N# 216864
References	P# 140 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

(en) Red on multicolor underprint.
Nelson Mandela at right with traditional patterns behind. National Coat of Arms at top-left corner, denomination at bottom-right corner. Animals being hunted by humans around.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK
GOVERNOR
FIFTY RAND
50 50

Reverse

(en) Red on multicolor underprint.
Lion head at center and standing lion to the right. Traditional patterns behind. Human figures hunting animals in the bottom right.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
IBHANKI ENGUVIMBA YOMZANTSI AFRIKA
FIFTY RAND
50
BANNGA YA VHUKATI YA AFRIKA TSHIPEMBE

Watermark

Nelson Mandela Automatically translated

Signatures

Gill Marcus (GM)	Governor
Lesetja Kganyago (LK)	Governor of the South African Reserve Bank

Printer

South African Bank Note Company, Pretoria, South Africa (1958)

Comments

(en)

Without Omron Rings = P135
With Omron Rings = P140

The note has a thick security strip windowed into four pieces on the obverse. When seen under backlight, the whole strip can be read. It has the South African coat of arms and “SARB 50 RAND” repeated on it:

The security strip also has a multicolour tone, the colours switch between red, copper brown, gold, and neon yellow when the note is tilted.

The denomination 50 at the bottom-right of the obverse is printed in colour shifting ink - changes colours between magenta, copper brown, gold, and lime green along with a rolling bar effect when the banknote is tilted in different angles:

Hidden latent images:

1.) In the brown space to the left of Nelson Mandela's chin on the obverse - denomination 50 can be seen when looked at closely or the note is tilted:

2.) In the brown space to the left of the lion's chin on the reverse - denomination 50 can be seen when looked at closely or the note is tilted:

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Date	Signatures	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References	Frequency
Undetermined
ND (2013)	GM			$ 3.40	$ 5.80	$ 11	P# 140a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	20%
ND (2016)	LK	$ 2.90	$ 3.40	$ 3.40	$ 4.30	$ 5.90	P# 140b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	75%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 145 Lot 1207	29 Nov 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 5.76 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 113 Lot 1251	17 Feb 2024	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 95 Lot 2173	16 Sep 2023	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 178 Lot 908	13 Dec 2025	Undetermined		Unsold
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