Who knew that there was a private mint in the centre of Cape Town! The Cape Mint™ is hidden in plain sight and their MD, the effervescent and energetic Natanya van Niekerk had a brainwave to mint a special coin in collaboration with the Pinotage Association in honour of the centenary of Pinotage, South Africa's own grape variety! So there was much buzz and excitement as we streamed through the underground mint and watched Mr Pinotage himself, Beyers Truter, mint his first silver coin in celebration of 100 years since Prof Abraham Perold crafted it from Pinot Noir and Cinsaut (Hermitage) way back in 1925. We look forward to the gold coins which are expected to be minted later in the year too - so watch out Kruger rands... the Pinotage rand will be taking over!