Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, Nobel prize winner, past leader of the African National Congress, and a political prisoner under Apartheid for 38 years is one of the most amazing and inspiring personalities of the twentieth century. His life exemplifies the radical shifts and changes that occurred throughout the century and stands as a beacon for how conscientious change and political progress can occur even in the most turbulent and repressive of situations. This beautiful commemorative coin dedicated to Mandela offers the world public a most dignified way of honoring and remembering this most gentle and forceful man and the vision of universal dignity he professed and exemplified.