Silver Ounce 2018 Nelson Mandela Centenary, Coin from South Africa - detailed information

The obverse shows the Coat of Arms of South Africa at centre, dividing the date 2018, with the legend SOUTH AFRICA written around in all the eleven official languages of the country:
Ningizimu Afrika in Zulu,
Aforika Borwa in Tswana,
Afurika Tshipembe in Venda,
Afrika Borwa in Northern Sotho and Southern Sotho,
South Africa in English,
iSewula Afrika in Southern Ndebele,
uMzantsi Afrika in Xhosa,
iNingizimu Afrika in Swazi,
Suid-Afrika in Afrikaans, and
Afrika-Dzonga in Tsonga.

The designer's initials ALS (for Arthur L. Sutherland) are to the left of the Coat of Arms.

This one-ounce silver coin depicts Nelson Mandela as a proud statesman. After spending 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela was finally released on 11 February 1990 and elected deputy president of the ANC in the same year. In 1993, he shared the Nobel Peace Prize with President FW de Klerk before making history as South Africa’s first democratically-elected president, in 1994.

Around left on two lines, the anniversary dates 18 JULY 2018 and 18 JULY 1918. Around right on two lines, NELSON MANDELA CENTENARY.

The value and denomination R50 (Fifty Rand) are below left. The mass of the coin and the metal composition, 1 oz Ag 925 Cu 75, are around below right in opposite direction to the other inscription (Ag is abbreviated from Argentum, which means "silver" in Latin and is used internationally on silver bullion coinage; Cu is for copper).

The initials of the die-sinker, PB (for Paul Botes), are inside a grove above Mandela's shoulder and after the Y of CENTENARY. The designer was S Nyoni.

3,747 individually boxed coins (from limit of 10,000; issue price R 995), plus coins in sets.