"The Oryx (Gemsbok) - Prince of the Kalahari"

The last theme in the South African Mint’s outstanding "Monarchs of Africa" series. For 2001, the Oryx (Gemsbok) was strikingly portrayed on the Natura coins. The head of the Oryx (Gemsbok) appears on the obverse of all four sizes of the series. The antelope’s, main habitat, the desert, is illustrated through formalistic elements such as graphic lines and "dune-like" lettering" on all the coins. Different scenes from the antelope’s life are depicted on the reverse of the coins.