Main centres: | 1-3 business days |
Regional areas: | 3-4 business days |
Remote areas: | 3-5 business days |
Country: | South Africa |
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Period: | Union of South Africa, George VI |
Face value: | 5 Shillings |
Date: | 1952 |
Purpose: | Circulation |
Subject: | 300th Anniversary Capetown |
Obverse: | Head of George VI facing left |
Legend: | GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX |
Reverse: | Schooner in harbor |
Legend: | 1652-1952 SOUTH AFRICA SUID-AFRIKA 5S. |
Edge: | Reeded |
Designer(s) / Engraver(s): | |
Thomas Humphrey Paget, Marion Walgate The coin was produced in honor of the 300th Anniversary of the Founding of Capetown. The obverse of the coin has a portrait of King George the Sixth and the words "GEORGIVS SEXTUS REX" (Latin for "George the Sixth, King"). The reverse has an image of a a schooner ship under sail in a harbor), with the words "SUID-AFRIKA" (Afrikaans for "South ") to the left, the dates "1652-1952" above, "SOUTH AFRICA" to the right, and the denomination ("5s", an abbreviation for "5 Shillings") below |