DEAR COLLECTORS 

NOW PRESENTING THE GREATLY ANTICIPATED SA MINT  

LIFE OF A LEGEND

PROTEA COIN SERIES

A MAN WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE - A MAN TO CELEBRATE - SOUTH AFRICA'S GLOBAL ICON HONOURED AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY LONDON

!!! NEWS FLASH !!! - LONDON - A stone is to be laid in Westminster Abbey in memory of Nelson Mandela, the London Royal Church said ahead of a memorial service on Monday 03 03 2014 for the former South African President.*

  

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MANDELA

LIFE OF A LEGEND
 
R25 1oz GOLD 24ct PROOF COIN

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R 22 100

DETAILS: Coin - R25 1oz - 24 carat GOLD  31.1 grams Diameter 32.69mm

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2013

MANDELA

LIFE OF A LEGEND
 
R5 1/10oz GOLD 24ct PROOF COIN

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R 2 660

DETAILS: Coin - R5 1/10oz - 24 carat GOLD  3.11grams Diameter 16.5mm

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2013

MANDELA LIFE OF A LEGEND
 
R1 STERLING SILVER PROOF COIN

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R 460

DETAILS: Coin - R1 STERLING SILVER 15.00grams Diameter 32.70mm

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2013

MANDELA

LIFE OF A LEGEND
 
R1 STERLING SILVER

UNCIRCULATED COIN

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R 420

DETAILS: Coin - R1 STERLING SILVER 15.00 grams Diameter 32.70mm

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2013

MANDELA

LIFE OF A LEGEND

PRESTIGE SET

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  R 25 110

DETAILS: Coin - R25 1oz - 24 carat GOLD  31.1 grams Diameter 32.69mm

 R5 1/10oz - 24 carat GOLD  3.11 grams Diameter 16.5mm

 R1 STERLING SILVER 15.00 grams Diameter 32.70mm

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DESCRIPTION:

HONOUR THE LIFE OF A LEGEND WITH THE NEW PROTEA SERIES CELEBRATING SOUTH AFRICA'S GREAT 'TATA' NELSON MANDELA  - THE STORY BEHIND THE NEW PROTEA SERIES

Born Rolihlahla Mandela on 18 July 1918 in Mvezo, in the Transkei . His father was Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Henry, chief of Mvezo and his mother, Noqaphi Nosekeni, one of the Chief’s four wives.

The family moved to Qunu where Mandela spent his early childhood. After the death of his father he went to live with the regent of the Thembu people, Chief Jongintaba Dalindyebo, who lived in a compound called the “ Great Place ” in Mqhekezweni.

The coins, available in denominations of R1, R5 and R25 (stirling silver, 1/10oz pure gold and 1oz pure gold respectively) show aspects of this early time in Mandela’s life.

The arrival of Nelson Mandela and his mother is portrayed on the reverse of the stirling silver R1 Protea coin, with the quote “In that moment of beholding Jongintaba and his court I felt like a sapling pulled root and branch from the earth and flung into the center of a stream whose strong current I could not resist.”

Noted for his adoration of children, the pure gold R5 (1/10oz) coin shows the silhouette of a child with a quote taken from the launch of the Nelson Mandela Children’s fund in May 1995: “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.”

Images inspired by Mandela’s boyhood, including his beloved stick-fighting and the rural village he so loved, are featured on the reverse of the pure gold R25 (1oz) Protea coin, with the quote: “…it was in that village near Umtata that I spent the happiest years of my boyhood and whence I trace my earliest memories.”

Part of the Protea coin set, the commemorative Nelson Mandela Life of a Legend series aptly depicts South Africa ’s national flower, the King Protea on the obverse of each coin. For the inaugural set, the flowers frame an older Madiba in one of his trademark silk shirts.

The Life of Legend: Nelson Mandela shall run for 12 years with 3 coins released in April each year - each set of coins shall showcase notable aspects of Mandela’s life.

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* More from the News Flash - March 2014:

Around 2 000 people are expected in the abbey for the service celebrating Mandela's life and work, including members of the global statesman's family. Among those due to be attend were British Prime Minister David Cameron and South Africa's Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe. Prince Harry, fourth in line to the throne, will represent Britian's Queen Elizabeth II, the head of the Commonwealth.  South African peace icon Desmond Tutu, the former Archbishop of Cape Town is to give the address. 

Mandela, who died in December aged 95, was welcomed to Westminster Abbey in 1996 during a state visit. Ahead of Monday's service, the Very Reverend John Hall, the dean of Westminster, announced that a memorial stone would be placed in the abbey later this year.

His memorial in Westminster Abbey, justified in itself, standing amongst memorials to many of the greatest men and women of the world - not all of them British - will also prove to be a focus of contemplation and prayer for the gift of forgiveness and reconcilliation in many communities and places in our troubled world."

The abbey falls directly under the jurisdiction of Queen Elizabeth - the head of the Church of England - and is where sovereigns have been crowned since at least 1066. Eighteen British are buried inside. It is one of Britain's most significant honours to be commemorated at the abbey.

Among those commemorated are Winston Churchill, William Shakespeare, John Wesley, Martin Luther King, Francis Drake, Edward Elgar, Oscar Wilde and CS Lewis.

London's statue of Mandela, unveiled in 2007 in his presence, stands across from the abbey in Parliament Square.

source - Sapa-AFP 

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