6 Pence, South Africa, 1956
date: label: date made
content: 1956
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 6 pence coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: South Africa, 1956
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Head of Elizabeth II facing right.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: ELIZABETH II REGINA
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Protea flower.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: SUID-AFRIKA / 1956 / SOUTH AFRICA / 6 D. / KG
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 Queen Elizabeth II 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: Smithsonian Institution
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU59340
label: accession number
content: 215920
label: catalog number
content: NU59340
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .12 cm x 1.93 cm; 1/16 in x 3/4 in