2009 GOLD SOUTH AFRICA 100 RAND NATURA WHITE RHINO NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO "SAFARI THROUGH SOUTH AFRICA" NATURA SERIES - THE WHITE RHINOCEROS" ,ONLY 1,500 MINTED

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

"SAFARI THROUGH SOUTH AFRICA" NATURA SERIES - THE WHITE RHINOCEROS

GRADED BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO 

OBV: WHITE RHINOCEROS SILHOUETTE WITH RHINO FOREPART; TREE BACKGROUND WITH LATIN SCIENTIFIC SPECIES NAME

REV: RHINO STANDING AND FACING WITHIN LARGE SILHOUETTE; SKUKUZA REST CAMP RAILWAY BRIDGE AT KRUGER NATIONAL PARK BACKGROUND; DENOMINATION RIGHT

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THE WHITE RHINOCEROS (CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM) HAS A HORN THAT IS ACTUALLY MADE OF MATTED HAIR, AND RHINOCEROS MEANS "NOSE HORN".

THEY ARE NOT WHITE BUT ARE CALLED SO DO TO THE MISINTERPRETATION OF THE DUTCH WORD FOR WIDE.

THERE ARE FEWER THAN 18,000 OF THESE ANIMALS SURVIVING TODAY IN THE WILD.

THE ENDANGERED WILDLIFE TRUST STARTED THE "STRENGTHENING THE SECURITY OF THE RHINO IN SOUTHERN AFRICA PROJECT (SAVE THE RHINO PROJECT)" TO HELP PROTECT THE RHINO'S FROM AN INCREASE IN POACHING (OVER 50 RHINOS HAD ALREADY BEEN POACHED IN EARLY 2011) AND PROTECT THEM FROM EXTINCTION.

100 RAND COIN CONTAINS 31.107 GRAMS OF .9999 FINE GOLD (1 OZ AGW)

33 MM IN DIAMETER 

ONLY 1,500 MINTED

SOUTH AFRICAN MINT