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RSA (Post-1994): Nelson Mandela / "YEAR OF FREEDOM"

RSA (Post-1994): Nelson Mandela / "YEAR OF FREEDOM"RSA (Post-1994): Nelson Mandela / "YEAR OF FREEDOM"
Form: Circular with attached lug, holed for suspension.
By: Tommy Sasseen
Date: 1994
Ref:  Laidlaw: 0224;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
25.7 mmNickel7.4 gm$7

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: Bust of Nelson Mandela in jacket and tie, half left. Signed: “TS” below the truncation.

Reverse: Across: “SOUTH AFRICA / 1994 / YEAR OF / FREEDOM”.

Notes: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918 – 2013) became the first black president of the Republic after the general election for all South Africans in 1994.