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Auction 143 12-14 Dec 2017
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WORLD COINS, Paul Kruger, Pond, 1898, with '99' overstamp (Hern Z52; KM. 10.2; F 2). Extremely fine or better, very rare [slabbed NGC AU 58] £34,000-40,000
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The 1899 dies never arrived in Pretoria, so it was decided to overstamp 1898-dated ponds. The first coin received a single '9' overstamp; mint officials thought subsequent coins would be better overstamped with '99' and 130 coins were thus produced, this coin has been with the family since 1900
WORLD COINS, Paul Kruger, Pond, 1898, with '99' overstamp (Hern Z52; KM. 10.2; F 2). Extremely fine or better, very rare [slabbed NGC AU 58] £34,000-40,000
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The 1899 dies never arrived in Pretoria, so it was decided to overstamp 1898-dated ponds. The first coin received a single '9' overstamp; mint officials thought subsequent coins would be better overstamped with '99' and 130 coins were thus produced, this coin has been with the family since 1900