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50 Cent Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation and Resource Area
| Issuer | South African Mint |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Currency | Rand (1961-date) |
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| Obverse description | The South African Coat of Arms is rendered in high relief at the centre of the field, depicting a secretary bird with outstretched wings surmounting a shield flanked by wheat stalks, with two human figures and the motto ribbon inscribed !KE E: /XARRA //KE in the Khoisan language of the /Xam people. The date 2010 appears in the upper field above the arms, and the legend SOUTH AFRICA curves along the lower rim. The engraver's initials ALS appear to the left of the shield. |
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| Obverse lettering | 2010 !KE E: /XARRA //KE ALS SOUTH AFRICA |
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The Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area spans the borders of South Africa, Swaziland, and Mozambique, formalized through a trilateral treaty signed in 2000 after years of post-apartheid diplomatic normalization made such cross-border cooperation possible. The area had been effectively partitioned for decades by conflict, border restrictions, and the practical legacy of Mozambique's civil war, which only ended in 1992. Elephant and other wildlife corridors severed by those decades of instability were the specific ecological problem the agreement was designed to address.
The South African Mint issued this as part of its ongoing Natura and conservation series. The 50-cent denomination is nominal — these were never intended for circulation.