First Release from South Africa Mint’s New Big 5 Series III —the African Elephant!
Plus, Limited Edition 2024 Gold and Silver Krugerrands with the Big 5 Elephant Privy Marks!

Africa is home to some of the world’s most powerful and dangerous wild animals. The South African Mint paid tribute to five of the most ferocious members of the group with its first wildlife coin series, Natura, in the 1990s—the Elephant, Lion, Black Rhinoceros, Leopard and Cape Buffalo. The series was a huge success and had collectors clamoring for more. It took a while, decades actually, but the Mint finally acquiesced and released the Big 5 Series I in 2019, with new coin designs honoring Africa’s Big 5 most dangerous, challenging and iconic animals, then the Big 5 Series II in 2021. Each time, collectors could not snap up these limited-edition coins fast enough. 

Now, in 2024, the Mint is beginning a third Big Five series with the largest of all land mammals, the African Elephant—this time with a couple of first-time design innovations.

African Elephants Have the Biggest Brains in the Animal Kingdom…
…and they have big hearts too. Literally—since an Elephant’s heart can weigh up to 47 pounds. Elephants are considered noble beasts, renowned not only for their dominance, but for their intelligence and problem-solving skills. But make no mistake, they can also be dangerous, especially mother elephants protecting their young, and older bulls when they are provoked. Unprovoked, elephants often spend 16 hours of every day eating and drinking—up to 500 pounds of food and 43 gallons of water per day. Female elephants don’t reproduce until they reach the age of 16, after which they can bear up to four baby elephants, with 22-month-long pregnancies. Females spend their lives in tight family groups of grandmothers, mothers, aunts, sisters and daughters, with the eldest of the group serving as the leader of the herd. Male elephants, on the other hand, may leave the group between the ages of 12 and 15 years old, in search of their next mate. Elephants can live to be 70 years old.

Big 5 Series III Elephants Struck in Gold and Silver
These Big 5 Series III Elephant Coins are struck with a shimmering proof finish in one ounce of high-purity 99.99% pure gold (50 Rand South Africa legal tender) or one ounce of 99.9% fine silver (5 Rand South Africa legal tender). Each of these coins is also available as part of a 2-Pc. Set.

Certified Flawless Proof-70 with a First Day of Issue Designation by NGC
Proofs and coins are graded on a 70-point scale, with a grade of 70 representing absolute perfection, even under magnification. There is no higher grade. These proofs have been certified as perfect Proof-70 (PF70) by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC), one of the top coin-grading services in the world. Not only that, these Proofs have also been certified by NGC as First Day of Issue (FDI), meaning they were purchased within one day of the first day of release from the mint. 

These are not only the best of the best, they’re also the first of the best.

Extremely Limited Release
If you haven’t already grabbed the phone to secure your 2024 Gold and Silver Big 5 Series III African Elephant coins, and your 2024 Gold and Silver Krugerrands with Big 5 Elephant Privy Marks, now is the time to get after it! Only 600 Gold Big 5 Series III Elephant Proofs, and only 3,000 Silver Big 5 Series III Elephant Proofs were authorized. Plus, just 100 Gold Krugerrands and just 1,000 Silver Krugerrands, both with the Big 5 Elephant Privy Marks, were authorized. 

What that all means is simply this: you’ll want to act fast, so you don’t end up empty-handed.

Don’t miss out! This release is just the start of this spectacular new Big 5 Series III from the South African Mint. Don’t wait to order these outstanding, perfect, Gold and Silver African Elephant Proofs with an FDI designation—as well as the Limited Edition 2024 Gold and Silver Krugerrands with a Big 5 Elephant Privy Mark. Secure yours immediately before our limited supply has run out forever! Call 888-870-6339 now!