| Obverse description |
Outline map of Namibia occupying the left portion of the field, with major cities indicated by name across the map surface. The denomination '10$', the date '2012', the trial designation 'ESSAI', and the country name 'NAMIBIA' are inscribed to the right of the map. City names including TSUMEB, WINDHOEK, SWAKOPMUND, RUNDU, WALVISBAY, MARIENTAL, LÜDERITZ-BUCHT, and KEETMANSHOOP appear as legends integrated within and around the map design. |
| Reverse description |
Central depiction of the Reiterdenkmal (Equestrian Monument), a celebrated statue originally erected in Windhoek in 1912, showing a uniformed German colonial soldier mounted on horseback atop a rocky base, rendered in high relief against a polished mirror field. The commemorative legend '100 YEARS REITERDENKMAL' arcs around the upper portion of the field, flanking the monument to left and right, while the centennial date range '1912-2012' is inscribed along the lower arc, all within a continuous beaded border. |
