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20 Cents Elephant - Strength of Africa
| Issuer | South African Mint |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 20C CM (Translation: Twenty Cents) |
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The "Strength of Africa" series was issued by the South African Mint as part of a broader push in the early 2000s to produce collector-oriented wildlife coinage distinct from the Krugerrand program. The elephant denomination in this series carries a nominal face value of 20 cents — a figure rendered entirely symbolic given the silver content — issued under the authority of the South African Reserve Bank.
Hern's attribution as WL10 places it firmly within the documented wildlife legal tender issues, a category that expanded significantly after 1994 as the Mint repositioned itself for international collector markets following the end of the apartheid-era trade embargo.