1 Penny, Pattern, Griqua Town, South Africa, 1890
date: label: date made
content: 1890
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) penny coin, pattern
label: Description (Brief)
content: Griqua Town, 1890
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Queen Victoria facing left.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: VICTORIA D:G: BRITTANIAR: REG: F: D:
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: A dove flying with an olive branch in its beak.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: GRIQUA TOWN
label: Description
content: In 1890 a German firm called Otto Nolte & Co. minted this penny pattern coin in Berlin. The firm designed this pattern with the hope of selling coins like it for use in Griquatown, South Africa. The London Missionary Society (LMS) established Griquatown in the early 1800s with the intention of creating a state of baptized Christians of mixed Khoesan (an indigenous South African community) ancestry. The coins they created depict a flying dove. The dove was a symbol of the LMS and the coins were nicknamed “dove money.” This 1890 pattern coin also features a portrait of Queen Victoria, because the Cape Colony was under British rule at the time. Neither the original Griquatown coins nor the 1890 pattern circulated widely.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: South Africa
label: place made
content: Germany: Berlin
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: South African Currency
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0039.0001
label: accession number
content: 2021.0039
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0039.0001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bronze (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .19 cm x 3.03 cm; 1/16 in x 1 3/16 in