Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 20 rand note
- South Africa, 2012-2015
- Obverse Image: Nelson Mandela.
- Obverse Text: SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK / GOVERNOR / 20 / TWENTY RAND
- Reverse Image: Elephants.
- Reverse Text: BANKAKGOLO YA AFORIKABORWA / IBULUNGELO-MALI ELIKHULU LESEWULA AFRIKA / 20 / KJ1122250B / TWENTY RAND
- Description
- This South African banknote features a portrait of Nelson Mandela. Mandela spent his life fighting for freedom and justice in South Africa. He was imprisoned for 27 years for resisting the South African government’s apartheid policies that enforced segregation and oppressed Africans and other people of color. In 1993, he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end the apartheid system. The following year, he became South Africa’s first African president and served until 1999. Mandela first appeared on South African banknotes during his lifetime in 2012.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Russell Feingold & Christine Ferdinand
- 2012 - 2015
- ID Number
- 2018.0218.5
- accession number
- 2018.0218
- catalog number
- 2018.0218.5
- serial number
- KJ1122250B
- Object Name
- note
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 cm x 13.4 cm x .01 cm; 2 3/4 in x 5 9/32 in x in
- place made
- South Africa
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- South African Currency
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1914438
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-87a1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
