
Two and Half Shillings, South Africa, 1959, Silver
South Africa, 1959, Silver Two and Half Shillings(Halfcrown), Queen Elizabeth II(1953 to 1960)
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Jan Anthoniszoon Van Riebeeck(Jan van Riebeeck) was born on the 21th April 1619 in Culemborg, Netherlands and died on the 18th January 1677 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies(now called Jakarta, Indon). He was a Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town in 1652.
Country | South Africa | |
Year | 1967(1965-1990) | |
Value | 50c, 50 cent, Fifty cent | |
Metal | Nickel Fine | |
Weight | 9.50gm | |
Diameter | 27.85mm | |
Thickness | 2.21mm | |
Obverse Design | Tommy Sasseen (TS) | |
Reverse Design | Tommy Sasseen(TS) | |
Shape | Round | |
Last issue of series | 1990 | |
Obverse | Portrait of Jan van Riebeeck (1619-1677), Dutch Colonial Administrator and founder of Cape Town. Lettering: SOUTH AFRICA
1967 | |
Reverse | Variety of flowers (Three flowers; From Left to right are An Arum Lily, An African Lily and the Strelitzia (Strelitzia Reginae) also referred to as the Bird-of-Paradise). All these flowers are instinctive to South Africa. Lettering: 50 | |
Edge | Smooth | |
Mintage | Proof Mintage | |
1965E | / | Between 30 and 50 |
1965A | 27,909 | 24,988 |
1966E | 8,081,408 | 25,000 |
1966A | 8,056,408 | / |
1967E | 76,814 | 25,000 |
1967A | 51,814 | / |
1968E | 750,000 | / |
1968A | 775,000 | 25,000 |
1969E | 19,968 | 12,000 |
1969A | 7,968 | / |
1970 | 4,107,722 | 10,000 |
1971 | 5,074,399 | 12,000 |
1972 | 781,475 | 10,000 |
1973 | 1,054,298 | 10,850 |
1974 | 1,956,808 | 15,000 |
1975 | 4,906,000 | 18,000 |
1976 | 9,653,329 | 21,000 |
1977 | 10,215,245 | 19,000 |
1978 | 5,088,029 | 17,000 |
1979 | 5,065,622 | 15,000 |
1980 | 4,282,987 | 15,000 |
1981 | 5,711,455 | 10,000 |
1982 | 2,103,721 | 12,000 |
1983 | 5,190,814 | 14,135 |
1984 | 9,723,511 | 11,250 |
1985 | 13,358,696 | 9,859 |
1986 | 2,309,800 | 7,000 |
1987 | 19,077,981 | 6,781 |
1988 | 27,711,032 | 7,250 |
1989 | 17,269,121 | 9,571 |
1990 | 29,442,400 | / |
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