Pobjoy Mint struck this piece for a client territory in 2014, the year of Mandela's first full calendar year in memoriam following his death in December 2013. The timing placed it squarely in the surge of memorial issues that flooded the commemorative market in 2014 — dozens of mints worldwide produced Mandela pieces that year, making selectivity among them a reasonable collector concern.
Pobjoy Mint struck this piece for a client territory in 2014, the year of Mandela's first full calendar year in memoriam following his death in December 2013. The timing placed it squarely in the surge of memorial issues that flooded the commemorative market in 2014 — dozens of mints worldwide produced Mandela pieces that year, making selectivity among them a reasonable collector concern.