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1 Ounce Protea Tourism

Issuer South African Mint
Year 2001
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Weight 31.11 g
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Obverse lettering SOUTH AFRICA ALS 2001
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Reverse script Latin
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The Protea gold series launched in 1986 as South Africa's answer to the Krugerrand's purely bullion identity — each issue tied to a specific national theme rather than simple metal content. The Tourism subject appeared in 2001 as part of a push to rehabilitate South Africa's international image following the economic and diplomatic isolation of the apartheid decades, with the government actively promoting inbound travel as a post-sanctions growth sector.

Mintages for individual Protea issues were tightly controlled, and the 2001 Tourism piece is among the lower-production entries in the series.

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