What is the value of 1652-1952 South Africa coin?

Answer 1

You are asking about a 5 Shilling coin (also called a "Crown") from South Africa (KM#41). The coin weighs 28.28 grams and is 50.0% silver, giving it an ASW (Actual Silver Weight) of 0.4546 troy ounces. With silver at US$30.00 per troy ounce (as of September 23, 2011), the "melt value" of this coin is about US$13.64.

The coin was produced in honor of the 300th Anniversary of the Founding of Capetown. The obverse of the coin has a portrait of King George the Sixth and the words "GEORGIVS SEXTUS REX" (Latin for "George the Sixth, King"). The reverse has an image of a a schooner ship under sail in a harbor), with the words "SUID-AFRIKA" (Afrikaans for "South Africa") to the left, the dates "1652-1952" above, "SOUTH AFRICA" to the right, and the denomination ("5s", an abbreviation for "5 Shillings") below.

1,698,000 of these coins were produced in 1952. According to the 2010 Standard Catalog of World Coins, an example is worth about US$9.00 in Extremely Fine condition and US$12.00 in Uncirculated condition. Given the current price of silver, however, the actual numismatic value of these coins is probably somewhat higher.

Another 12,000 were produced in Proof-like condition - these are valued at about US$13.50 each; and 16,000 were produced in Proof condition - these are valued at about US$16.50 each.

Answer 2

The 1 Pound coin from South Africa (KM#43) weighs 7.9881 grams and is 91.7% gold, giving it an AGW (Acrual Gold Weight) of 0.2355 troy ounces and a "melt value" (with gold at US$1,353 per troy ounce at November 1, 2010) of US$318.63. It would have numismatic value as a premium to its gold value only in Brilliant Uncirculated or Proof condition, and even then the premium would not be a large one.

Answer 3

You would need to know the condition and denomination (farthing, half penny, penny, three pence, six pence, shilling, 2 shilling, 2 1/2 shilling, 5 shilling, 1/2 pound or pound) of the coin to be able to get an estimated value.