SA Union: Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Souvenir

Form:

Circular.

By:

Date:

1929

Ref:

AM2: 214; Laidlaw: 0064;

Variations:

Size	Metal	Mass	Value
33.5 mm	Bronzed Base Metal	13.3 gm	$8
33.2 mm	Aluminium	4.5 gm	$8

Edge:

Plain.

Obverse:

Cable Car with Table Mountain in the background. The legend on a raised roughened band above: “SOUVENIR OF TABLE MOUNTAIN” and below between stops: “S.A. AERIAL CABLEWAY”.

Reverse:

Text across: “OPENED / OCT. 5TH 1929 / CABLE 4000 FT LONG / LION’S HEAD, 2182 FT / DEVIL’S PEAK, 3278 FT / MACLEAR’S BEACON, 3550 FT / ROBBEN ISLAND, 7 MILES / DASSEN ISLAND, 42 MILES / SALDANHA BAY, 65 MILES / VISIBILITY 100 MILES / ASCENT, 7 MINS”. Ornament at the foot.

Notes:

Laidlaw 1271 is similar.