SA Union: Van Riebeeck Coffee Set of Twelve Coin Replicas

Form:

Coin shape. Uniface. Cast.

By:

Date:

Circe 1960

Ref:

Laidlaw: 1172;

Variations:

Size	Metal	Mass	Value
Coin Size	Base Metal Alloy	Varies	$40 set of 12

Edge:

Plain.

Obverse:

Coin replicas:

(1) Great Britain 1797 Cartwheel Penny
(2) Great Britain George III silver Shilling
(3) East India Company gold Mohur
(4) Netherlands cut coin
(5) Netherlands, Utrecht, Silver Rider Ducaton
(6) Netherlands (Batavia) 1802 Ships Gulden minted for the Cape
(7) Netherlands 1769 Silver Ducat
(8) Netherlands V.O.C Ceylon 4 3/4 Stuivers Bonk Bar
(9) Netherlands East Indies, Holland, Duit
(10) Spanish Colonial Silver 8 Reales Cob Coin
(11) Netherlands, Utrecht, Duit
(12) Netherlands V.O.C Ceylon 1 Stuiver

Reverse:

Blank. In a shallow arc above: "VAN RIEBEECK" and below: ":REPLIKA:"

Notes:

Reference: Hern, 'Handbook on South African Coins & Patterns' where it states that the original coins were from the Jimmy Lawrence collection.

The twelve pieces were representative of the coins that circulated in the Cape from 1652 to 1830.

The replicas were a promotion from the makers of van Riebeeck instant coffee. Each coffee tin contained one of these replicas.