Cape Colony: Griqualand West Agriculture and Horticultural Society
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Form:
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Circular. Low quality casting.
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By:
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L. Courlander & Co., Du Toit’s Pan Road, Kimberley |
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Date:
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1885 |
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Ref:
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AM2: 27 (silver); Laidlaw: 1337;
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Variations:
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| Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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| 44.6 mm | White Metal | 31.4 gm | $12 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Seated figure of Hope with anchor, front. To left grape vines and to right a sheep.
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Reverse:
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Within a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom, across: "GRIQUALAND (in an arc) / WEST / AGRICULTURAL / AND / HORTICULTURAL (in an arc) / SOCIETY / 1985". Sinned at the foot: "MANUFACTURED BY COURTLANDER & Co. KIMBERLEY."
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Notes:
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L. Courlander & Co was a general merchant in Kimberley. The company had partners in the United Kingdom who were diamond merchants and jewelers. The partnership was dissolved in 1887.
Griqualand West is a territory in the north west part of what is now the Cape Province. Originally it was the home of the Griquas, a mixed race, Afrikaans speaking people. With the discovery of diamonds at Kimberley and the influx of Europeans it became a British Colony in 1871 which was subsequently united with the Cape Colony in 1880.
Nothing is known about the Griqualand West Agriculture and Horticultural Society.
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