*#* 2016 SILVER SA MINT COLOURED COIN SERIES - Crown size - Orange Breasted Sunbird *#*

Production of the coloured 2016 series coins now

stopped, the full Mintage will not be Minted

BRAND NEW S A MINT RELEASE

STAGGERING BEAUTY

 THE EXCITING AND MAGNIFICENT 

COLOUR COIN SERIES

A FIRST FOR SOUTH AFRICAN COINAGE

BE THE FIRST TO GET YOURS 

NOW

2016

R10 PROOF SILVER

THE BIOSPHERE 

COLOUR CROWN SERIES

 500 max mintage Only Worldwide

Details: 

2016 R10:  Metal Content: Silver Colour Crown   Weight: 33,626 Ag 925 

Diameter: 38.725 mm

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Description:

The U N E S C O Man and the Biosphere programme has changed the way we interact with nature. In celebration of the rich diversity of the Kolberg Biosphere, the South African Mint has, for the first time, launched a new colour range to showcase its staggering beauty. The range contains four sterling-silver 1oz crowns: two depicting the flora and two depicting the bird life of the unique U N E S C O Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve.

R 10 Male Orange-breasted Sunbird

The first R10 colour coin depicts a hovering male Orange-breasted Sunbird, with its colourful plumage of bright metallic blue, violet, olive green, orange and yellow. The long curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues of these sunbirds are perfectly adapted to feed on nectar, their primary source of food. Also depicted on the reverse of the coin are its scientific name, the denomination of R10 and details.