Owner Comments:
Joint Finest Known PFUC! (1/8)
Total Graded: 94
Mintage: 4,491
Part of the PROTEA SERIES for the S1R.
The South African Mint released attractive designs and special themes to commemorate special events or awards. Each reverse bears a different design based on the theme for that year.
The 1995 Commemorative issue celebrated 100 years of Railways in South Africa.
Obverse
The obverse has an image of the King Protea (Protea cynaroides), the national flower of South Africa.
Around left, the name of the country in Afrikaans: SUID-AFRIKA; around right, the name in English: SOUTH AFRICA.
Below, the date of issue: * 1995 *.
Designer: Arthur L. Sutherland (ALS)
Reverse
The outer design represents the NZASM tunnel between Waterval Onder and Waterval Boven out of which comes the steam train on the rack railway, emerging from a symbolic gear, representing industry and also a tunnel. The rails cross over a bridge representing the bridging of International boundaries.
Top center, PROTEA and just below 1 RAND.
Designer: Brian Hartland