REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
MONARCHS OF AFRICA NATURA SERIES - SABLE "QUEEN OF THE ANTELOPE"
SPECIAL AND RARE PRAETORIA ZOO COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE WITH PTA ZOO MINTMARK
100 RAND 1 OZ GOLD COIN CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
ONLY 591 MINTED!
OBV: WITHIN STYLIZED HORN BORDER A BROWSING BULL SABLE "QUEEN OF THE ANTELOPE", WITH HEAD LOOKING BACK AND ENCIRCLED BY THE "NATURA" LEGEND ORBITING THE ANIMAL; PTA ZOO MINTMARK BENEATH SABLE; FINENESS UPPER LEFT.
REV: WITHIN STYLIZED HORN BORDER THE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A FEMALE SABLE LEFT, "SOUTH AFRICA 2000" LEGEND ORBITING THE ANIMAL.
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THE SABLE IS CALLED "QUEEN OF THE ANTELOPE" BECAUSE THE FEMALES OF THE SPECIES HAVE HORNS AS LARGE AS THE MALE.
THE SABLE IS ONE OF THE MOST ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANTELOPE.
THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OF SOUTH AFRICA (ALSO KNOWN AS THE PRETORIA ZOO) IS A 210-ACRE ZOO LOCATED IN PRAETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA. IT IS THE NATIONAL ZOO OF SOUTH AFRICA, AND WAS FOUNDED IN 1899. PRETORIA ZOO IS ONE OF THE TOP 8 LARGEST ZOOS IN THE WORLD, AND ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY RATED. THIS SPECIAL COMMEMORATIVE GOLD 100 RAND NATURA SABLE COIN WAS STRUCK COMMEMORATING THE ZOO'S 100th ANNIVERSARY AS A PART OF THE 2000 NATURA SPECIAL LAUNCH.
CONTAINS 31.1035 GRAMS OF 999.9 GOLD (1 OZ AGW)
32.7 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 591 MINTED!
SPECIALLY MINTED AT THE PRAETORIA ZOO
BY THE SOUTH AFRICA MINT
