specimen of the finest known uncirculated Mandela R5 in the grade of MS-69 has just sold for the huge sum of R2.5 million rand. The new record price shatters the previous record price by over 1.5 million rand! This makes the Mandela R5 birthday coins the fastest appreciating rare coins in the history of the world! It has appreciated at the unprecedented rate of 49.9 million percent since its release in 2008 an annual performance of 24.9 million percent!
