South Africa 1/2 Penny 1942

Obverse:

Portrait of George VI facing left
GEORGIVS VI REX IMPERATOR
HP (Below the neck of Portrait)

Reverse:

Drommedaris ship in the centre
SOUTH . AFRICA
1942
SUID . AFRIKA
1/2D.
KG

Edge:

Plain

Mintage: 8,382,000

Mint: Royal Mint Pretoria, South Africa

Designer: Thomas Humphrey Paget (Obverse) and George Kruger Gray (Reverse)

Random Facts:

• The Dromedaris is one of the three vessels of Jan Van Riebeeck that brought him and his party to the Cape, South Africa.

Click here to see UK 1 Penny, 1962