2026 5 oz Silver African Range Surveying Cheetah

Description

The 2026 5 oz Silver African Range Surveying Cheetah represents a high-impact, mid-weight issue in the South African Mint’s landmark high-relief wildlife program, The African Range. Struck as a collaboration with renowned South African sculptor Dylan Lewis, this five-year series translates three-dimensional bronze animal sculpture into high-relief precious metals, capturing the hunting journey across five distinct stages.

The reverse showcases a high-relief strike of the “Surveying Cheetah,” depicting the cat perched atop a tree trunk in a stance of focused observation before a hunt. The obverse features a sculpted bust of the cheetah based on Lewis’s “Cheetah Head” sculpture, framed by official issuing inscriptions. Struck in five troy ounces of .999 fine silver across a 50mm planchet, the coin utilizes deep high-relief dies and laser-frosted textures to emphasize feline muscle contours and natural wood surfaces.

Key features:

• Contains 5 troy ounces (155.5g) of fine .999 silver
• Large-format 50mm planchet struck in a High-Relief Proof finish by the South African Mint
• Designed in collaboration with internationally acclaimed sculptor Dylan Lewis
• Debut release in The African Range collection depicting the initial “Survey” phase
• Ultra-limited mintage of only 350 coins worldwide
• Supplied in official South African Mint wooden presentation packaging with a Certificate of Authenticity