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SA Union: Johannesburg 70th Anniversary Festival: Sports and Recreation

SA Union: Johannesburg 70th Anniversary Festival: Sports and RecreationSA Union: Johannesburg 70th Anniversary Festival: Sports and Recreation
Form: Circular
By: South African Mint
Date: 1956
Ref:  AM2: 342; Laidlaw: 0650b;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
32.1 mmYellow Bronze13.8 gm$20

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: Coat of arms arms of Johannesburg with motto: “FORTITER ET RECTE” on a scroll below. An ornate: “JF”, the logo of the Johannesburg Festival, on the left, right and top. Legend above: “70 GOLDEN YEARS(left) 70 GOUE JARE ((right)" and below: “JOHANNESBURG”.

Reverse: A large: “JF” logo flanked by the dates: “1886 (left) 1956 (right)”. Above: “ONTSPANNING (in an arc) / EN / SPORT”, and below: “SPORTS / AND / RECREATION (in an arc)”.

Notes: Issued inside a blue cardboard box market: “SAM” in gold letters on the outside of the lid.

The Johannesburg Festival was organised to celebrate the 70th anniversary the founding of the city in 1886.

It is recorded in AM2 that 850 medals were issued to Whites. It is also recorded AM2 #343 that 600 similar medals with a pierced lug for suspension were issued to Blacks.