2008 Mandela 90th Birthday PCGS Graded Coin 5R

2008 Mandela 90th Birthday PCGS Graded Coin 5R

• South Africa-is the southernmost country in Africa.
• Currency: South African Rand
• Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela-President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999
• Born:18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013-death
• country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representativedemocratic election.
• fought against racism
• there are several different types of Mandela coins.
• The biggest differential between them is the time in which they were released to the public.
• this released on-18 July 2008-on the occasion of 90th birthday
• This coin was released as a way to show respect to Mandela when he retired as State President.
• In the early days, these coins weren’t worth a whole lot, This has changed significantly after President’s death
• now is extremely rare among Mandela coins

• Obverse
• Coat of Arms of Republic of South Africa
• Lettering:
  Afrika Borwa-(southern sotho language)
• Suid-Afrika-(Afrikaans)
  2 important official language
• Engraver:Arthur Sutherland
• Reverse
• Nelson Mandela Bust

Engraver: Natanya van Niekerk

• Edge
• Security edge with the initials of the South Africa Reserve Bank and the facial value repeated 10 times.
• Lettering:SARB R5 SARB R5 SARB R5 SARB R5 SARB R5 SARB R5 SARB R5 SARB R5 SARB R5 SARB R5