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From an experienced source in Cape Town: "I agree with the forum, the mystery letter is possibly a date letter or pseudo date letter, as a few letters seem to predominate, I am not convinced the whole alphabet was in use in RSA. The SAM mark postdates the rarer RMP mark (Royal Mint Pretoria), w...

Hello. Thanks for your welcome and information. The mark in question could be the letter D. The the marks, and particularly the bottoms, seem to have been polished off a bit so it is hard to make out the complete shape. I need to try to get a better photo that can produce a larger and more clear ima...

This silver bowl was purchased by a relative who was in South Africa in 1952, the year of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Cape Town. The coin is well known, a George VI silver 5 shilling. The bowl is more of a mystery. The marks on the bowl that I see are (I believe) left to right: The Lion...