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10 Mark Independence
| Issuer | Namibia (1990-date) |
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| Year | 1990 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the Namibian coat of arms, featuring a quartered shield supported by two rearing oryx antelopes, with a third oryx as crest atop the shield; a scroll at the base bears the motto VIRIBUS UNITIS. A beaded inner border frames the design. The bilingual legend INDEPENDENCE NAMIBIA UNABHANGIGKEIT curves around the upper periphery in Latin characters, with the date 1990 positioned at the bottom of the coin. |
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| Reverse description | A powerful lion, rendered in fine relief, is depicted in a crouching, forward-facing posture with head turned to the left and jaws open in a roar, its full mane rendered in intricate detail. The animal rests on a raised ground line that divides the field horizontally, with the denomination numeral 10 and the legend MARK inscribed boldly in the lower register. The legend PROBE ESSAI appears in the upper right field, identifying this piece as a pattern or essay strike. A beaded inner border runs along the rim. |
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Namibia's independence on March 21, 1990 ended a 75-year South African administration that had itself replaced German colonial rule — meaning this coin marks the territory's first genuinely self-determined sovereignty after nearly a century of consecutive foreign control. The transitional government had almost no monetary infrastructure of its own; Namibia continued using the South African rand as legal tender until the Namibian dollar was introduced in 1993.
The X# prefix in Krause indicates a pattern or essai rather than a circulation issue, and this piece almost certainly never passed through ordinary hands in trade.