From Realm to Republic

Wikipedia states that Gray died in 1943. Had the van Riebeeck portrait first been used on a different coin or medal?

Cusack et al …

And for those of us who were within reach of Springbok Radio during those times, how can we forget the encouraging refrains of “Daan Desimaal die rand-sent man” …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVhueSJiuYU

« … Daan Desimaal, die rand-sent-man,
Gee jou sente vir pennies net waar hy kan,
Een sent vir ‘n pennie, en twee vir twee,
En twee-en-‘n-half vir ‘n tiekie.

‘n note of silwer bly wat dit was
Ons het net die ander naam daar aan vas

Daan Desimaal, die rand-sent-man,
Gee jou sente vir pennies net waar hy kan,
Drie sent vir twee pennies en vier vir vyf
En vyf sent beteken ‘n sixpence … »

Before decimalisation …

“oortjie” was a “kwartpennie”
A “stuiwer” was a “halfpennie”
A “oulap” was slang for a penny
A “twalap” was slang for two pennies
A “daalder” was one shilling and six pennies or “one & six”

The term “daalder” came from the old riksdaalder, introduced by the Dutch at the Cape.

A “riksdaalder” was worth 15 cents.

In the Afrikaans lyrics, “tiekie” was a thrupenny bit, or “ticky” in South African English.

Dave, thanks for the link!
I would point out that in the Netherlands ‘daalder’ used to refer to f1.50 (one and a half guilder), while a ‘rijksdaalder’ was a f2.50 piece. Since you say in South Africa, ‘daalder’ referred to 1/6 I think ‘daalder’ and ‘rijksdaalder’ must have come to South Africa separately as well. Was the latter ever a term used for half-a-crown, by any chance?

JD …

I do not remember anything but « half-kroon » being used for 2/6 (two shillings and sixpence — half-a-crown). But my environment was always a very English-dominant culture … first Johannesburg and then the Copperbelt of Northern Rhodesia (even though in the latter the white population was nearing 40% Afrikaner!). Perhaps in the Cape, the Orange Free State and parts of the Transvaal outside of the Johannesburg area there may have been other terms for a half-a-crown).