Gold Tenth-Ounce 2018 Mandela - Robben Island, Coin from South Africa - detailed information

The obverse, common for all coins of the series in 2018, 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 2018 divided by the portrait.

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

Around above, the legend SOUTH AFRICA.

This coin commemorates Nelson Mandela's incarceration on Robben Island, where he was imprisoned for 18 of the 27 years he served behind bars before the fall of apartheid and expansion of the franchise to all residents of South Africa.

The reverse has diagonal stripes inscribed with a quotation, I feel my heart pumping hope steadily to every part of my body, warming my blood and pepping up my spirits. Nelson Mandela, taken from a personal letter that Nelson Mandela wrote to his wife, Winnie Mandela, in 1970, while she was incarcerated in Pretoria Central Prison.

Below right, a key inscribed with ROBBEN ISLAND.

The value and denomination R5 (Five Rand) are above right, and the mass and metal value 1/10 oz Au 999.9 are below right (Au is abbreviated from Aurum, which means "gold" in Latin and is used internationally on gold bullion coinage).

221 individually boxed coins (from limit of 1,000; issue price: R 4,495), plus coins in sets.