Global acclaim for South Africa’s heart transplant commemorative coin

The South African Mint’s R2 commemorative coin depicting the world’s first successful human-to-human heart transplant received an accolade at this year’s Coin of the Year (COTY), held earlier this month in Berlin, Germany. The sterling silver Crown coin was the second in a series of coins released under the Mint’s ‘South African Inventions’ programme, introduced in 2016 to showcase local innovations that have captured the world’s imagination.