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5 Shillings - George VI 5S
| Issuer | South African Mint |
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| Year | 1951 |
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| Value | 5 Shillings (1/4) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A springbok in full stride, facing right, depicted in naturalistic relief against a schematic landscape ground with scattered vegetation, the design executed by sculptor Coert Laurens Steynberg whose initials CLS appear in the field to the lower right of the animal. The bilingual legend SUID-AFRIKA and SOUTH AFRICA arcs around the upper periphery, flanking the date 1951, while the denomination 5S appears in the lower field between two rosette stops. A toothed border frames the entire design. |
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South Africa's Crown-sized five shillings series ran from 1947 through 1952, struck in .500 silver after the country had already debased from the .800 standard used before the war. The 1951 issue is among the lower-mintage dates in the postwar run, with production figures well below the 1947 and 1948 issues that absorbed initial demand.
George VI died in February 1952, making 1951 the penultimate year of his effigy on South African coinage.