SOUTH AFRICA. Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek, Gold Veldt Pond, 1902, struck by hand at Pilgrims Rest, by acting Mint Master P J Kloppers, ZAR in script, date below, rev. inverted die axis, EEN / POND in two lines, raised rim both sides, edge milled, weight 8.04g (Hern Z54; KM 11; Fr 4; Kaplan 23). Lightly toned, though once cleaned, has been slabbed and graded by NGC as UNC details cleaned, very rare.
Mintage of 986 pieces.
Struck by hand in a dormant workshop on the Transvaal Gold Mining Estate by P J Kloppers, a former head teacher at the De Kaap Government School. This issue was produced on the recommendation of General Christian Muller, the assistant-commandant-general, and authorised by Schalk Burger, acting President of the Republic after Paul Kruger had left the country on 19 October 1900.
Provenance:
Ex Sincona Auction 80, 25th October 2022, lot 3289.