Obverse description | Starboard broadside view of the VOC ship Drommedaris in Table Bay. Monogram: “DS” within a circle on left. |
Obverse lettering | JAN VAN RIEBEECK STICHT SUID –
AFRIKA
1652 (Translation: Jan van Riebeeck founder of South Africa) |
Obverse script | Latin |
Reverse description | At the top, van Riebeeck coat of arms having three rings on the shield and a helmet crest with a ring in fist above. Below that, 8-line inscription. |
Reverse lettering | JAN VAN RIEBEECK / GEBOREN TE
CULENBORG – 1619 / OVERLEDEN TE BATAVIA – 1677 //
STICHTER EN EERSTE / COMMANDEUR VAN / DE NEDERZETTING / AAN KAAP /
DE GOEDE HOOP (Translation: Jan van Riebeeck, born Culemborg 1619, died Batavia 1677, founder and first commander of the settlement in the Cape of Good Hope) |
Reverse script | Latin |
Engraver | Culemborg, Netherlands (1589-1591) |
Mintage | ND (1952) - - |
Catalog ID | 9925656790 |
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