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Coin and History
1874 The Burgerspond (Big 5)
The history of ZARs coins dates all the way back to 1874, with the first coin — the Burgerspond — being the first indigenous coins produced for the Republic of South Africa, under the presidential run of Thomas François Burgers.
The first two coins of the “Big 5” ZAR coins include “The Pond: The Course Beard” and “The Pond: The Fine Beard” which were slight design shifts that were first noticed by A.J. Ellis, a Numismatist of Johannesburg in 1944.
History
The history of ZARs coins dates all the way back to 1874, with the first coin — the Burgerspond — being the first indigenous coins produced for the Republic of South Africa, under the presidential run of Thomas François Burgers.
The first two coins of the “Big 5” ZAR coins include “The Pond: The Course Beard” and “The Pond: The Fine Beard” which were slight design shifts that were first noticed by A.J. Ellis, a Numismatist of Johannesburg in 1944.
In 1891, Paul Kruger was up for the presidential elections. He had an idea to win the election - he introduced coins that had his image on them which he thought would make people perceive him as a serious candidate for the presidency.
When he set out to do this, he had no idea that this would nearly cost him his election, as the coins came back from the Imperial German (Kaizer) Mint in Berlin with two errors that deeply offended the boers.
In 1892, the first half pond was minted. Both the single shaft and double shaft were also coined in the 1892 Half Pond, however the number produced is unrecorded. But where the single-shaft variety is rare in the 1892 Pond, in the case of the Half Pond it is unique.
Also unknown is the quantity of half-pond coins struck in 1893, while only 28 have been graded. These coins are extremely rare and very expensive. The owners of these sets, like with all numismatic rarities, have been in the fortunate position to set their own prices when they have wished to sell.
In 1898 the “Sammy Marks Tickey” became the third coin in the “Big 5” ZAR collection. This coin bears a famous story. Marks was amongst other things, a mining magnate. It is believed that he had the extraordinary privilege of using the state mint for a day.
This extremely rare coin bears the same design as the tickey of 1892 -1897, but it is dated 1898 and is struck only in 22 carat (92%) gold.Many contemporary jewellers at the time created replicas of this coin, however there is a lack of stops in the Z.A.R. monogram which sets them apart from the originals.