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5 Rand - 1/10 Ounce Ten Years Of Democracy
| Issuer | South African Mint |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Currency | Rand (1961-date) |
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| Obverse description | At center, a stylized protea flower is depicted in high relief, serving as the primary device. The date appears below the central motif, while the legend SOUTH AFRICA arcs across the upper field. The designer's initials ALS appear within the legend. The composition is rendered in the refined artistic style characteristic of the South African Mint's Protea bullion series, with the national flower serving as a symbol of South Africa's natural heritage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark a decade since South Africa's first fully democratic election on 27 April 1994, this piece belongs to a broader commemorative program the South African Mint released that year across multiple denominations and metals. The 1994 election — in which Nelson Mandela's ANC won 62.65% of the vote — ended over four decades of apartheid rule and produced queues at polling stations stretching for hours across the country.
The .9999 fineness places it among the purest gold issues the Mint produced at that point, a step above the standard Krugerrand alloy.