Owner Comments:
RARE!
WOW - Stand-alone Finest Known! (1/1)
Total Graded: 28
Mintage: ONLY 118
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 2002 commemorative issue celebrated the World Summit on Sustainable Development that took place in South Africa from 26 August to 4 September 2002. It was convened to discuss sustainable development organizations, 10 years after the first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro - hence it was also informally nicknamed "Rio+10".
Obverse
The obverse has an image of the King Protea (Protea cynaroides), the national flower of South Africa.
Centered top, the name of the country in English: SOUTH AFRICA.
Below, the date of issue: * 2002 *.
Designer: Arthur L. Sutherland (ALS)
Reverse
Features and Globe and World Summit Logo.
Lettering: Johannesburg World Summit 2002; People; R1
Designer: MJ Scheepers (MJS)