SA Union: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Royal Visit 1947

SA Union: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Royal Visit 1947

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Obverse: Conjoined crowned busts of the King and Queen, left. Signed: “P.M.” on the base of the King’s shouder”. On a raised band around above: “ROYAL VISIT” and below between stops: “KONINKLIKE BESOEK”

Reverse: South African coat of arms with the date: “1947” below. The mark of SA Mint: “S.A.M” to the right below. On a raised band around to the left: “UNIE VAN SUID-AFRIKA” and to the right between stops: “UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”.

Notes: The design of the conjoined busts on the obverse was by Percy Metcalfe and was first used on the 1937 coronation medal struck by the British Royal Mint. The reverse was designed by George Kruger Gray after a plaster model by Hennie Potgieter. The master dies were made at the Royal Mint in Britain and sent to the South African Mint which produced the medals. 

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