SA Union: Van Riebeeck Tercentenary: Uniface
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Form:
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Circular with attached loop for a link ring to a pin suspender. Uniface.
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By:
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Date:
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1952 |
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Ref:
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Laidlaw: 0827;
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Variations:
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| 24.1 mm | Bronze | 5.6 gm | $8 | | 24.2 mm | Gilded & Enameled Bronze | 6.1 gm | $8 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Port broadside view of a sailing ship in Table Bay with Table Mountain behind. Head of a man with long hair and wearing a hat above. Obliquely on the left: “1652” and on the right: “1952”.
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Reverse:
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Blank.
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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.
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