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RSA (Pre-1994): Kimberley: Fifth Anniversary of Republic

RSA (Pre-1994): Kimberley: Fifth Anniversary of RepublicRSA (Pre-1994): Kimberley: Fifth Anniversary of Republic
RSA (Pre-1994): Kimberley: Fifth Anniversary of RepublicRSA (Pre-1994): Kimberley: Fifth Anniversary of Republic
Form: Circular with attached ring.
By: ?
Date: 1966
Ref:  AM2: 379; Laidlaw: 0191;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
31,7 mmSilvered Bronze13.3 gm$8
31.6 mmGilded Bronze13.4 gm$8

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: A depiction of the "Diggers Fountain", a statue of five miners holding up a giant diamond-washing sieve

Reverse: Within a laurel wreath, across: "KIMBERLEY (in an arc) / 1966 / REPUBLIC FESTIVAL / REPUBLIEKFEES / . "

Notes: The Oppenheimer Memorial Gardens in Kimberley is a memorial to Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, mining magnate and former mayor of Kimberley. Within the gardens is the Miners Memorial or Diggers Fountain erected to honour diamond diggers, past and present. The statue was designed by Herman Wald.