A 1953-1960 CRONOLOGICAL SET OF 8 SOUTH AFRICAN ONE PENNY COINS WITH FIRST PORTRAIT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II

A CHRONOLOGICAL SET OF EIGHT OLD SOUTH AFRICAN ONE PENNY COINS FROM 1953 TO 1960.

Bearing the first portrait of Queen Elizabeth II (laureate bust) facing right, wearing a wreath. It was introduced in 1953, one year after the Queen acceded to the throne. It captures the grace and youth of the 26-year-old new Queen. Her hair is restrained by a laureate crown which is tied with ribbons at the back of her head.
 
YEAR ISSUED 1953-1960
QUEEN ELIZABETH II (FIRST PORTRAIT) (1926-2022) REGINA (1952 2022)
COMPOSITION: COPPER
WEIGHT: 9,45G
DIAMETER: 31,0MM
THICKNESS: 2,04MM

OBVERSE: PORTRAIT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II
LETTERING: ELIZABETH·II·REGINA
TRANSLATION OF LATIN: ELIZABETH THE SECOND QUEEN

REVERSE: A ship, 'Dromedaris', sailing to right.
The Dromedaris is one of the three ships which brought Jan van Riebeeck and his small group of settlers to South Africa from Holland in 1652 in order to establish a refreshment station on behalf of the Dutch East India Company.
LETTERING: SUID-AFRIKA·DATE·SOUTH AFRICA 1D
The symbol 'D' for penny derives from the Latin denarius (small silver coin of ancient Rome)
 
CONDITION: SOME PATINA OF WEAR. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS.
 
PLEASE ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS LISTED.

I HAVE VARIOUS OLD QUEEN ELIZABETH II COINS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK INCLUDING

TWO UK HALF CROWNS ( A RARE FIRST REGINA YEAR 1953 AND A 1954);

THREE ONE POUND COINS (RARE 1983 COMMEMORATING THE QUEENS BIRTHDAY UNITED KINGDOM ONE POUND, 1984 SCOTTISH ONE POUND; 1987 ENGLISH ONE POUND);

TWO TEN NEW PENCE COINS (A RARE 1968 AND 1969 PRE DECIMALIZATION CIRCULATED COINS);

GROUP OF 5 NEW PENCE (1969 AND 1975) AND 5 PENCE (1990 AND 1991) COINS;

GROUP OF 9 SA HALF PENNY COINS (1953-1960);

A VERY RARE 1971 2 NEW PENCE COIN AND FINALLY

A GROUP ON 1 NEW PENCE (RARE 1971 AND A 1974) AND 1 PENCE (1988 AND 1989) AND A 1976 HALF PENNY COIN.