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10 Dollars Matobo Hills
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Reverse description | Central raised inner circle featuring a finely detailed relief of a standing African Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in profile facing left, set against a rocky savanna landscape with sparse vegetation and a bare acacia tree in the upper background. The denomination TEN DOLLARS arcs across the upper outer field, while the silver bullion specification 1 OZ 999 SILVER is distributed across the lower outer field, flanking the inner circle. |
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| Reverse lettering | TEN DOLLARS 1 OZ 999 SILVER |
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Zimbabwe's Matobo Hills — the granite kopje landscape south of Bulawayo — were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2003, but this coin predates that designation by seven years. The hills hold the grave of Cecil Rhodes, carved into a rock outcrop he called "World's View," and remain a site of active religious significance to the Ndebele people, who call the area Matonjeni, meaning "home of the spirits."
The Reserve Bank issued this as part of a broader wildlife and heritage silver series during the mid-1990s, before Zimbabwe's monetary collapse rendered such commemorative programs economically impossible to sustain.