South Africa, 1936 AD., George V, 1 Penny, KM 14.3.
South Africa, George V, engravers: Edgar Bertram MacKennal (obverse) and George Edward Kruger Gray (rev.), 1936 AD.,
1 Penny (31 mm / 9,16 g), bronze, 9,50 g. theor. mint weight, mintage 1.818.843 , axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge,
Obv.: GEORGIVS V REX - IMPERATOR / BM, his crowned bust facing left, signature BM at truncation.
Rev.: SOUTH·AFRICA· 1936 ·SUID·AFRIKA / * 1D * , sailor "Dromedaris" to right on waves, legend in English and Afrikaans flanking, date above, value below, KG before.
KM 14.3 ; Hern S96 .
The Dromedaris was Jan van Riebeeck's transport in a small Dutch VOC fleet (Dromedaris, Reijger, Goede Hoop) leaving Texel in December 1651 bound for Batavia but stopping (06/04/1652 - 25/05/1652) to establish a half-way post at Table Bay, South Africa (Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope) for the purpose of re-supplying and repairing VOC ships enroute or returning from the East-Indies.