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1 Rand Year of the Child
| Issuer | South African Mint |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Weight | 15.0 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a mosaic of sixteen square panels arranged in a grid pattern, collectively symbolising the puzzle of childhood and life's experiences, as commemorated during the Year of the Child. Individual vignettes within the panels depict scenes and motifs associated with children's lives, including a child's face, a sailboat, playful hands, bubbles, and other childhood imagery rendered in relief. The word 'Protea' and the denomination 'R1' are integrated into the design within separate panels. The engraver's initials 'AM' appear in the lower right field. The composition conveys a sense of diversity and innocence through its fragmented, puzzle-like artistic arrangement. |
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| Mintage | 1998 - - 1,674 1998 - Proof - 1,999 |
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The United Nations designated 1979 as the International Year of the Child, but South Africa — then deep in the apartheid era — was in no position to issue commemorative coinage aligned with international humanitarian initiatives. This 1998 release is a retrospective issue, struck nearly two decades after the fact, a pattern the South African Mint used during the 1990s to fill thematic gaps from the politically isolated years it had simply missed.