Owner Comments:
Joint Finest Known! (1/3)
Total Graded: 46
Mintage: 674
Part of the PROTEA SERIES for the S1R.
The South African Mint released attractive designs and special themes to commemorate special events or awards. Each reverse bears a different design based on the theme for that year.
The 1998 commemorative issue celebrates Children within the South Africa society.
Obverse
The obverse has an image of the King Protea (Protea cynaroides), the national flower of South Africa.
Centered top, the name of the country in English: SOUTH AFRICA.
Below, the date of issue: * 1998 *.
Designer: Arthur L. Sutherland (ALS)
Reverse
The 'life's puzzle which awaits our children. PROTEA on one of the blocks of the puzzle.
Designer: Susan Erasmus