South Africa Pond 1897 Gold Coin World Gold Sovereign Numismatic Collectible

For sale here is a rare gold 1897 Pond coin from the South African Republic. The Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) period was from 1874 to 1902 and these wonderful gold coins circulated in the latter stages of that pre-Union period! Like all standard circulation coins these have plenty of history to them, but perhaps the most interesting and note-worthy point as that they are all pre-Boer War! All of these coins were minted before the Second Boer War commenced in 1899 so were present in the South African Republic while this war was raging on!

The obverse features a bearded bust of South African politician and prominent military figure President Johannes Paulus Kruger. The reverse features the arms of the South African Republic, above which the denomination and date reside. Another interesting note to make about these coins is that those dated 1892 were struck by the Royal Prussian Mint in Berlin and the rest struck at the South African Republic's Mint in Pretoria.

Coins of the Pond and Half Pond series boast conservative mintage figures throughout, but coins dated 1892 are particularly scarce. The 1892 Ponds have a book mintage of 15,640 and the 1892 Half Ponds have an even lower mintage at 10,130. Feel free to get in touch. I work with The Coin Space Ltd and we sell a lot of gold coins from all over the world. Please feel free to contact me directly using the contact information in the pictures and I will add you to the client list.

This item is in the category "Coins\Coins\World\Africa". The seller is "wilsonnumismatics" and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Year of Issue: 1897
• Country: South Africa
• Country/Region of Manufacture: South Africa
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