Netherlands: van Riebeeck Tercentenary: Jan van Riebeeck & Maria de la Quellerie / Three Ships in Table Bay
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Form:
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Circular
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By:
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Maarten Paauw / Koninklijke Begeer, Holland |
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Date:
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1952 |
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Ref:
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AM2: 304, 305; Laidlaw: 0307;
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Variations:
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| 60 mm | Gold | | | | 60.0 mm | Silver | 84.9 gm | $100 | | 60.1 mm | Bronze | 75.9 gm | $45 | | 40 mm | Gold | | | | 40 mm | Silver | | $35 | | 40.0 mm | Bronze | 25.4 gm | $15 |
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Edge:
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Plain. Silver medal stamped: "ZILVER"
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Obverse:
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Half-length figures of Jan van Riebeeck in wig (left) and his wife Maria de la Quellerie in cap (right), slightly turned towards each other. He holding a scroll in his right hand. Monogram: “MP” below. Legend in hollow letters: “JAN VAN RIEBEECK * 1619+1677 (ornament) MARIA DE LA QUEILLERIE * 1629+1664”. Grape leaf and tendril at the foot.
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Reverse:
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In the upper portion, three sailing ships arriving in Table Bay with Table Mountain behind. Below that, on the right, a spouting whale and, on the left, a compass rose. At the bottom, coat of arms having three rings on the shield and a helmet crest with a ring in fist above. On a ribbon below the arms: “1652 6 APRIL 1952”. The ribbon extends to the left and winds up and behind a building with a spire: “CULEMBORG”. Legend: “DIE ADVANCEMENT SOECKT, SAL GEEN NAERSTIGHEYT SPAREN”. Grape leaf and bunch of grapes at the foot.
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Notes:
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Van Riebeeck landed three ships, the Drommedaris, Reijger and Goede Hoop, to establish a settlement in the Cape for the Dutch East India Company in 1652.
The reverse shows the van Riebeeck coat of arms. The three rings were subsequently adopted by Cape Town in their coat of arms. Culemborg in the Netherlands was van Riebeeck's home town. The legend on the reverse is van Riebeeck’s motto in Old Dutch and loosely translates: “he who wants to get ahead in life, shall fear no unpleasantness”.
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