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10 Cents Elephant - Strength of Africa
| Issuer | South African Mint |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | A highly detailed, naturalistic depiction of a mature African bull elephant advancing frontally toward the viewer, its broad ears spread wide and trunk hanging downward. The animal is framed by an arch of acanthus-like foliage and leafy branches in high relief, filling the upper field and flanking the sides. Rocky ground cover rendered in fine detail occupies the lower field. The legend SOUTH AFRICA appears in two lines to the left of the elephant, with the date 2002 positioned to the right, both incuse within the field. The engraver's initials ALS appear at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | South Africa 2002 ALS |
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Part of the South African Mint's "Strength of Africa" Wildlife series, this issue belongs to a collector-focused program launched in the early 2000s that drew heavily on international demand for Southern African wildlife themes — a market the Mint had already proven with the success of its Natura gold series in the 1990s. The elephant denomination pairing was deliberate: the ten cents carried the least transactional weight, making it an obvious candidate for a prestige silver reformatting.
Hern's WL11 attribution places it squarely in the Wildlife series numbering block, distinct from the standard circulation and proof sets catalogued separately.