Gold Ounce 2013 Mandela - Childhood, Coin from South Africa - detailed information

The obverse, common for all coins of the series, features Mr Mandela wearing one of his iconic Madiba shirts, underlined by a wreath made from South Africa’s national flower, the King Protea, and the date of issue 2013 divided by the portrait.

Above Mandela's shoulder, the initials of the die-sinker VLC (for VL Chipa); the design is by Lilian Guerra.

Around above, the legend SOUTH AFRICA.

The R25 (1oz, 24ct gold) 2013 Protea coin features a portrait of Nelson Mandela as an adolescent, with round huts in the foreground and people doing domestic work depicted as silhouettes above them.

In handwriting script, on eight lines on the left a quote:... it was in that village near Umtata that I spent the happiest years of my boyhood and whence I trace my earliest memories."

The face value and denomination R 25 (twenty-five Rand) are above right. Around above left, the metal content and composition of the coin: 1 oz Au 999.9 (Au is abbreviated from Aurum, which means "gold" in Latin and is used internationally on gold bullion coinage).

Below right, the initials of the die-sinker (engraver): MD (for MD Mothobela); the design is by Lilian Guerra.

In the exergue, Qunu - the name of the village where Mandela grew up.

Finish: proof.
Packaging: individually boxed, or in sets.
Release price (boxed): R 22,100.00.

Mintage includes 462 individually boxed coins, plus coins in sets.