6 Pence, South Africa, 1927
date: label: date made
content: 1927
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 6 pence coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: South Africa, 1927
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Bust of King George V facing left.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: GEORGIVS V REX IMPERATOR
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Protea flower.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: SOUTH AFRICA / 1927 / ZUID AFRIKA / 6 PENCE
label: Description
content: The design of this coin from South Africa is typical of British colonial coins of the 1900s. One side features the portrait of the British monarch King George V and the other side depicts an indigenous South African plant (Protea cynaroides). This species of protea is native to South Africa and in 1976 became South Africa’s national flower.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: South Africa
label: place made
content: South Africa: Gauteng, Pretoria
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: South African Currency
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Olga Raymond
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU90654
label: accession number
content: 259971
label: catalog number
content: NU90654
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .11 cm x 1.92 cm; 1/32 in x 3/4 in