December 21, 2023
1962 SOUTH AFRICA Jan van Riebeeck Deer Prooflike Silver 50Cent Coin NGC i106264
Van Riebeeck was born in Culemborg, as the son of a surgeon. He grew up in Schiedam, where he married 19-year-old Maria de la Quellerie on 28 March 1649. She died in Malacca, now part of Malaysia, on 2 November 1664, at the age of 35.