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10 Cents Rhino - Survivor of Africa
| Issuer | South African Mint |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | 2003 SOUTH AFRICA ALS !KE E: /XARRA //KE |
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| Mintage | 2003 - 3, 4 and 5 Coin Sets - 275 2003 - Limited Edition Set - 1,561 2003 - Single Coin - 21 |
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The "Survivor of Africa" series emerged from South Africa's post-apartheid mint program to leverage the country's wildlife as a vehicle for collector silver, competing directly with established bullion and numismatic series from Perth and the Royal Canadian Mint. The white rhino, once hunted to near-extinction in the late 19th century, had recovered in KwaZulu-Natal through conservation efforts that were, at the time of this issue, considered one of the more credible large-mammal recovery stories on the continent.
Hern's cataloguing as WL15 places it within a short-lived run that was discontinued well before the series gained the secondary-market traction its producers anticipated.