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20 Cent Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation and Resource Area
| Issuer | South African Mint |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The post-1994 South African Coat of Arms is depicted centrally in the field, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished background. The arms feature a secretary bird with outstretched wings surmounting a shield charged with two Khoisan figures, flanked by stalks of wheat and supported by crossed knobkierie and spear. The motto scroll within the arms bears the legend IKE E: /XARRA //KE in the /Xam language of the Khoisan people. The date 2010 appears in the upper field above the arms, and the legend SOUTH AFRICA curves along the lower periphery, with the engraver's initials ALS noted in the lower left field. |
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| Mintage | 2010 - Proof; In a velvet case - 149 2010 - Proof; In a wooden case - 291 2010 - Proof; Single coin issue - 911 |
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The Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area was formally established in 2000 through a trilateral agreement between South Africa, Mozambique, and Swaziland — one of the earliest such cross-border wildlife corridors on the continent. The arrangement required removing fencing along shared boundaries to allow elephant and other migratory species to move across historically partitioned land, much of which had been economically and ecologically devastated by the Mozambican Civil War.
This piece belongs to the South African Mint's Natura series, which has documented threatened biomes and conservation initiatives annually since 1994. The Lubombo plateau's distinctive sand forest habitat, found almost nowhere else on Earth, anchors the ecological rationale for the entire reserve.