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1/2 Penny - George VI
| Issuer | South African Mint |
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| Year | 1951-1952 |
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| Currency | Pound (1825-1961) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed left-facing effigy of King George VI occupies the central field, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and a naturalistic portrait style characteristic of Thomas Humphrey Paget's Royal Mint work. The truncation of the neck is clean and unadorned. The circular Latin legend GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX runs around the periphery, reading from lower left to lower right, separated from the toothed border by a narrow flat rim. The engraver's initials HP appear discreetly below the truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX HP (Translation: GEORGE SIXTH KING HP) |
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South Africa's halfpenny series of this period sits at the tail end of a transitional moment in the country's monetary administration — the South African Mint had only formally separated from British Royal Mint oversight in 1941, giving Pretoria full autonomous striking authority. By 1951, the mint was producing coinage for a government increasingly assertive about national distinctiveness, though the bronze small denominations changed little in practical terms.
The KM#33.2 designation distinguishes this from the earlier 33.1 type by the addition of a dot after "SUID-AFRIKA" on the reverse legend — a small but catalogued die modification that creates the variety boundary collectors use to separate the two runs.