"The blue crane is a truly dynamic bird. Its distinctive feathers stretch upward when it feels threatened or excited and its extended wing feathers, known as tertials, trail on the ground and are often mistaken for regal tail feathers. The R10 coin features the near-endemic national bird of South Africa imposingly spreading its wings. On the reverse is also the bird’s scientific name ‘Grus paradisea’, the denomination ‘R10’, and the metal value ‘1 oz Ag 925 Cu 75’." SA Mint