RSA (Post-1994): South African Rugby World Cup: Bushman Rugby Rock Painting
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Form:
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Circular
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By:
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Paul Burrows / Gold Reef City Mint |
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Date:
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1995 |
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Ref:
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Laidlaw: 0357a;
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Variations:
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| Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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| 38.8 mm | Fine (0.999) Silver | 32.0 gm | $35 | | 38 mm | Yellow Bronze | 25 gm | $12 |
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Edge:
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Upright reeded.
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Obverse:
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Against a lightly gritted background, five figures, in the style of the San-Bushmen rock paintings, playing rugby. Above in an arc: “SOUTH AFRICA 1995” with a design of five small ornamented triangles before and after. Marked: “GRC” on the left below the last triangle. On the silver medal, below across: "1oz .999 Fine Silver".
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Reverse:
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The logo of the 1995 Rugby World Cup: a stylised ruby ball within a rectangle and below: “Rugby (large letters) / WORLD CUP”. Along the bottom left edge of the rectangle, in small letters: “RUGBY WORLD CUP LTD 1995”. Legend on two concentric bands: “ARGENTINA . AUSTRALIA . CANADA . ENGLAND . FRANCE . IRELAND . ITALY. COTE D’IVOIRE . JAPAN . (outer band) / NEW ZEALAND . ROMANIA . SCOTLAND . SOUTH AFRICA . TONGA . WALES . WESTERN SAMOA .(innerband)”.
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Notes:
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The silver medal comes encapsulated inside a blue case lined with white silk showing the 1995 World Cup Logo and blue velvet. There is also a sequentially numbered A4 certificate from the Gold Reef City Mint dated 6.5.95 and signed by the mint master.
The bronze medal comes inside a transparent plastic coin holder glued into a descriptive cardboard pamphlet.
South Africa won the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
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