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RSA (Post-1994): Durban's Gunston 500 Surf Contest Award

RSA (Post-1994): Durban's Gunston 500 Surf Contest AwardRSA (Post-1994): Durban's Gunston 500 Surf Contest Award
Form: Circular with attached bar.
By: ?
Date: 1996
Ref:  Laidlaw: 0975;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
65.2 mmBronze136 gm$12

Edge: Plain. Thickness at rim 5.8 mm

Obverse: Surfer riding a breaking wave. Legend in large letters: "GUNSTON 500"

Reverse: Cannon and cannon balls, the trade mark of Gunston cigarettes. Engraved below across: "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS / DURBAN.SOUTH AFRICA / 1996".

Notes: The Gunston 500 (originally called the Durban 500) was a professional surf contest held annually in South Africa from 1969 to 1999 in Durban’s Bay of Plenty. Sponsored by Gunston cigarettes, the first event offered a R500 first-place prize.