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1 Penny - George V 1 Penny 1
| Issuer | South Africa |
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| Year | 1923-1924 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#14.1, Hern#S82-84 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting the Dutch East India Company vessel Dromedaris under sail, proceeding to the right across a stylised sea. The date appears above the ship in the upper field, while the denomination numerals flank the vessel on either side. Bilingual legends in English and Afrikaans arc around the periphery, reading SOUTH AFRICA to the left and ZUID-AFRIKA to the right, separated by ornamental stops. The designer's initials KG appear in the lower field, and the coin is enclosed by a beaded rim. |
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South Africa's first domestic penny coinage was struck at the newly established Pretoria Mint, which opened in 1923 — the first mint on African soil operated under British imperial authority. These early Pretoria issues are distinguished from their later counterparts by the KM#14.1 designation, reflecting minor die differences corrected after the first two production years. Mintages for 1923 and 1924 were modest, as the Pretoria facility was still calibrating its production capacity against actual circulation demand in a country where bronze coinage had previously been imported entirely from the Royal Mint in London.