Token - 3 Pence - Gold Reef City 1991 front Token - 3 Pence - Gold Reef City 1991 back
Token - 3 Pence - Gold Reef City 1991 photo
© Philip Coetzee

Token - 3 Pence - Gold Reef City

1991 year
Aluminium 0.37 g 16.16 mm
Description
Location
South Africa
Type
Medals › Souvenir medallions
Year
1991
Value
3 Pence (1⁄80)
Currency
Pound (1825-1961)
Composition
Aluminium
Weight
0.37 g
Diameter
16.16 mm
Thickness
0.84 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-13
References
Numista
N#62515
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Bird walking left.
Name at the top.
Denomination right of foot.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Gold Reef City
3D
1991

Edge

Plain

Comment

Gold Reef City is a theme park near Johannesburg, South Africa, that is located on the site of a gold mine that was closed in 1971. Everything within the attraction based on a vintage theme corresponding to the 1886 gold rush that led to the founding and rapid expansion of the city of Johannesburg. These souvenir tokens were minted in the denominations of the old South African Pound currency that circulated in the area at that time.

Hern's Handbook on South African Tokens by Brian Hearn and Allyn Jacobs (Second Edition, August 2009) states on page 110:

"The Gold Reef City Mint was a branch of the South African Mint and produced these pieces as advertising momentoes. Although each had a denomination nothing could be purchased with these pieces as South Africa was on the Decimal System. Cased proof sets are available. (Various dates exist.) It is believed that in the early years a 'precious metals' set was produced."