Oosthuizen Collection - 6 Pence
1933
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
SOUTH AFRICA |
| Item Description: |
6P 1933 S.africa |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 62 |
| Owner: |
Jannie_O |
Owner Comments:
South African Union coins were minted at the Royal Mint in Pretoria from 1923.
The sixpence is a silver coin containing 80% silver and 20% copper (silver content 2.26 grams).
The King George V series sixpence features a portrait of King George V on the obverse. The obverse design was by Bertram Mackennal. The reverse design was by Kruger Gray and from 1925 onward features a protea, still today the national flower of South Africa.
Total mintage of 1933 6P were 2 818 595.