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10 Cents iSewula Afrika
| Issuer | South African Mint |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The post-2000 South African national coat of arms is depicted centrally in the field, featuring a Kgalagadi shield flanked by two secretary birds with spread wings, a protea flower at the base, and two ears of wheat below. The motto legend '!KE E: /XARRA //KE' in the Khoisan language of the /Xam people appears on a ribbon beneath the shield. The date '2009' is inscribed at the top of the field, with 'iSewula Afrika' arching along the left and right periphery respectively, and the engraver's initials 'ALS' appear in the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica), the national flower of South Africa, is depicted in high relief occupying the left and lower portions of the field, with its characteristic spathe and spadix rendered in fine detail. The bold numeral '10' dominates the right-centre field, with the denomination indicator 'c' positioned below it. The engraver's initials 'RCM' for Robert Campbell McFarlane appear incuse along the lower rim. |
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The 2009 South African 10 cent belongs to the series issued under the constitutional requirement to rotate the eleven official languages across coin legends — Zulu ("iSewula Afrika") appearing on this date as part of that cycle. The policy, implemented from 1994 onward, means that assembling a complete run by language and denomination is a genuine collecting discipline in its own right.