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200 Rand Mandela Birth Centenary
| Issuer | South African Reserve Bank |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Value | 200 Rand |
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| Obverse description | An intaglio portrait of Nelson Mandela occupies the centre-right, rendered in warm red-orange tones over a fine guilloche underprint incorporating a stylised Big Five animal vignette at centre-left. The South African coat of arms appears at upper left alongside the Governor's facsimile signature, with San rock art figures running along the left margin. A commemorative inscription 'Mandela Centenary 1918–2018' is printed vertically along the right margin, while the large numeral '200' in colour-shifting ink appears at both lower left and lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK / TWO HUNDRED RAND / 200 / Mandela Centenary 1918–2018 |
| Reverse description | At left, an intaglio vignette presents a young Nelson Mandela in traditional Xhosa beaded attire against a warm orange and red guilloche ground. The centre-right is occupied by a view of the Union Buildings in Pretoria, overlaid with a large statue of Mandela with arms outstretched and set within a spiral guilloche rosette. San rock art figures and hunting scenes extend along the right margin, with a small commemorative emblem in red and yellow at lower right. |
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