Sparrows 1 Cent South Africa Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry and Craft Making (Cape Sparrow)

Cape Sparrow South Africa 1 Cent Authentic Coin Charm for Jewelry and Craft Making

Obverse
South Africa coat of arms with the motto "Ex Unitate Vires" (Power Through Unity). Country name in English and in Afrikaans

Lettering:
SOUTH AFRICA SUID-AFRIKA
ALS
EX UNITATE VIRES

Reverse
Cape Sparrows
Lettering: 1c WL

Features
Issuer South Africa
Period Republic of South Africa (1961-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1996
Value 1 Cent
0.01 ZAR = USD 0.00065
Currency Rand (1961-date)
Composition Copper plated steel
Weight 1.5 g
Diameter 15.0 mm
Thickness 1.3 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number N# 2880
References KM# 158, Hern# Na7, Schön# 214

Wikipedia:
The Cape sparrow was featured on the lowest-denomination South African coin, from the farthing (¼-cent) in 1923 to the cent that ceased to be minted in 2002, with designs based on an original by George Kruger Gray. This was said to be because women interned at a concentration camp in Bethulie during the Boer War adopted a biblical quotation (from Matthew 10) as their motto: "Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father."

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The Cape sparrow is an abundant and familiar bird of human habitations and cultivation in most of southern Africa. It is not believed to be threatened, and accordingly is listed as a species of least concern on the IUCN's Red List. It can be an agricultural pest, especially of grain cultivation and vineyards.

When vineyards in the south-west Cape started letting weeds grow between vines to conserve moisture, around 1956, the Cape sparrow moved in. Cape sparrows quickly exhausted the seeds and started eating the grapes. The Cape sparrow is now a serious pest in vineyards. Vineyards are not an optimal habitat, and some populations have had such a low reproductive success that they could not be maintained without immigration.