The third one rand (R1) gold coin to be minted in the Cultural Series is The Xhosa Nation minted in 2000.

The obverse of the tenth ounce 24 carat gold coin portrays the old South African coat of arms and the mintage year, being 2000.

As 2000 was the transition from the old to the new coat of arms, a number of coins portray the new coat of arms on the obverse, but a number of coins were minted which portray the mintage year as 2001. It is unknown just how many of these coins were minted, as mintage figures include the previous years mintages.