1 Dollar Nelson Mandela
2004 year| Copper-nickel | 28.49 g | 38.6 mm |
| Issuer | Sierra Leone |
|---|---|
| Period | Second Republic (1996-date) |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Year | 2004 |
| Value | 1 Dollar |
| Currency | Dollar (1997-date) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Weight | 28.49 g |
| Diameter | 38.6 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Updated | 2024-10-07 |
| Numista | N#173377 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 95% |
Reverse
Script: Latin
Edge
Reeded
Comment
Front: Head 1st South African president Nelson Mandela (left) term: 10 May 1994 – 14 June 1999 * 18 July 1918 Mvezo, Cape Province, South Africa ⚭1 (1944) Evelyn Ntoko Mase (1922-2004, 4 children, ⚮1957) ⚭2 (1958) Winnie Madikizela (1936-, ⚮1996, 2 children) ⚭3 (1998) Graça Machel (1945-, 2 children from 1st marriage) † 5 December 2013 (aged 95) Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Burried: Mandela Graveyard, Qunu, Eastern Cape between (left, period year) 1994 1999 (right, value) 1$ legend: (above, name) PRESIDENT MANDELA (below, motto) A BETTER LIFE VOOR ALL Back: Coat of arms (1960) with incuse national motto UNITY FREEDOM JUSTICE on ribbon mintmark: (lower-left) PM (Pobjoy Mint, Surrey, GB) legend: (above, state name) REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE (bottom, year) 2004 Edge: G - grained, type: barsInteresting fact
One interesting fact about the Non-circulating coin 1 Dollar (Nelson Mandela) 2004 from Sierra Leone made of Copper-nickel weighing 28.49 g is that it was issued to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release from prison.
