½ Penny - George VI Sextus Rex
Features
| Issuer |
South Africa
 |
|---|---|
| King |
George VI (1936-1952)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1948-1950 |
| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
| Currency | Pound (1825-1961) |
| Composition | Bronze (95% Cu, 4.5% Zn, 0.5% Sn) |
| Weight | 5.67 g |
| Diameter | 25.6 mm |
| Thickness | 1.76 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | 31 March 1961 |
| Number | N# 13488 |
| References | KM# 33.1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).Brian Hern, Peter Wilson (ed.), Henk Loots (ed.); 2017. Hern's Handbook on South African Coins and Patterns 2017/18 (9th Edition). Gary Levitan, Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa. |
Obverse
Uncrowned portrait of King George VI left, legend around, engraver's initials below truncation.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX
HP
Translation: King George the Sixth
Engraver: Thomas Humphrey Paget
Reverse
A ship, 'Dromedaris', sailing to right, legend in English and Afrikaans either side, with date above and denomination below, engraver's initials in front of ship.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
SOUTH·AFRICA·1948·SUID·AFRIKA
KG
1/2D
Engraver: George Kruger Gray
Edge
Plain
Mint
Pretoria, South Africa (1890-1902, 1923-1992)Comments
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.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | Frequency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1948 | 684 740 | $ 0.58 | $ 0.85 | Hern# S69 Brian Hern, Peter Wilson (ed.), Henk Loots (ed.); 2017. Hern's Handbook on South African Coins and Patterns 2017/18 (9th Edition). Gary Levitan, Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa. |
30% | ||||||||||
| 1948 | 1 120 | Hern# S69 Brian Hern, Peter Wilson (ed.), Henk Loots (ed.); 2017. Hern's Handbook on South African Coins and Patterns 2017/18 (9th Edition). Gary Levitan, Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa. |
Proof | 1.5% | |||||||||||
| 1949 | 1 849 981 | $ 1.40 | $ 2.60 | Hern# S70 Brian Hern, Peter Wilson (ed.), Henk Loots (ed.); 2017. Hern's Handbook on South African Coins and Patterns 2017/18 (9th Edition). Gary Levitan, Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa. |
44% | ||||||||||
| 1949 | 800 | Hern# S70 Brian Hern, Peter Wilson (ed.), Henk Loots (ed.); 2017. Hern's Handbook on South African Coins and Patterns 2017/18 (9th Edition). Gary Levitan, Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa. |
Proof | 1.2% | |||||||||||
| 1950 | 2 186 158 | $ 0.34 | $ 1.20 | $ 1.80 | Hern# S71 Brian Hern, Peter Wilson (ed.), Henk Loots (ed.); 2017. Hern's Handbook on South African Coins and Patterns 2017/18 (9th Edition). Gary Levitan, Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa. |
58% | |||||||||
| 1950 | 500 | Hern# S71 Brian Hern, Peter Wilson (ed.), Henk Loots (ed.); 2017. Hern's Handbook on South African Coins and Patterns 2017/18 (9th Edition). Gary Levitan, Randburg, Gauteng, South Africa. |
Proof | 1.7% | |||||||||||
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