{"id":256601,"date":"2018-07-04T14:35:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T12:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=256601"},"modified":"2018-07-04T14:35:44","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T12:35:44","slug":"heres-how-to-tell-if-your-new-mandela-bank-note-or-coin-is-a-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/256601\/heres-how-to-tell-if-your-new-mandela-bank-note-or-coin-is-a-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s how to tell if your new Mandela bank note or coin is a fake"},"content":{"rendered":"

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) recently launched a new public awareness campaign alongside the introduction of the new Mandela commemorative series of banknotes and R5 circulation coin.<\/p>\n

As part of the campaign, the SARB released a series of videos to highlight what makes the notes and coin special, as well as a number of security features implemented in the notes.<\/p>\n

Dubbed ‘check-check’, the SARB said it was important to check that your commemorative banknotes are real when using them for transactions.<\/p>\n

You can find these videos, as well as an explanation of these security features detailed below.<\/p>\n

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The Reserve Bank said that there are two main components to check when\u00a0 dealing with the commemorative coin.<\/p>\n

The first is that the ‘1918’ on the face of the coin should change to ‘2018’ when viewing it at an angle.<\/p>\n

The second security feature is to check whether you can see ‘SARB’ and ‘R5’ inscribed on the outer edge of the coin.<\/p>\n