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1/2 Penny - George V 1/2 Penny 1/2
| Issuer | South Africa |
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| Year | 1923-1926 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORGIVS V REX IMPERATOR B.M. (Translation: George V King Emperor) |
| Reverse description | A depiction of the VOC ship Dromedaris under sail, shown sailing to the right in open waters, representing the vessel that carried Dutch settlers to the Cape of Good Hope in 1652. The date appears above the ship in the upper field, while the bilingual denomination is displayed below. The surrounding legend is divided into English and Afrikaans, reading SOUTH AFRICA to the left and ZUID AFRIKA to the right of the central motif, separated by ornamental stops. The designer's initials KG appear in the field, and a toothed border surrounds the entire reverse design. |
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South Africa's first domestic coinage — struck at the Pretoria Mint, which had only opened in 1923 — replaced British-made issues that had circulated since Union in 1910. The Pretoria facility was established partly out of postwar economic nationalism and partly because shipping bullion to London for striking had become an increasingly poor use of resources for a gold-producing nation. The 1923 date is the first year of the type, making early examples from this series the inaugural domestic bronze coinage of the Union.