SA Mint commemorates 25 years of democracy with three collectable coins

South African Reserve Bank subsidiary South African Mint Company has launched an “SA25 – Celebrating South Africa” coin series, which commemorates the rights and freedoms espoused by the country’s Constitution. This week, 25 years ago, South Africa held its first democratic elections. The SA Mint is issuing the new collectable coins in base metals, sterling silver and pure gold. The highest court in South Africa, born of the country’s first democratic Constitution in 1994, features prominently on the reverse of the R500 pure-gold coin, which depicts the building that houses the Constitutional Court, including the detail of the beautiful door which has the 27 constitutional rights engraved in its wood, as well as the popular skyline of Johannesburg in the background.