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Transvaal. Republic gold "Fine Beard" Burgers Pond 1874, Heaton mint, KM1.2, Fr-1, Hern-B1. 7.88gm. Mintage: 695. By Leonard Wyon. A storied rarity from the South African series, standing as the nation's first Pond issue. Produced as part of President Thomas François's program to unite the country behind a new gold coinage and exploit the recent discovery of local ore in the last 1860s, his effort was ultimately in vain, owing to pronounced disapproval for the use of the President's own portrait. Nevertheless, many pieces found subsequent use in jewelry as objects of personal adornment. Previously absent from the market for the last 100 years, the present coin retains an appreciable detail to the raised features despite its noted plugged, which for its part is conveniently placed so that it has not disturbed the surrounding legends.
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Transvaal. Republic gold "Fine Beard" Burgers Pond 1874, Heaton mint, KM1.2, Fr-1, Hern-B1. 7.88gm. Mintage: 695. By Leonard Wyon. A storied rarity from the South African series, standing as the nation's first Pond issue. Produced as part of President Thomas François's program to unite the country behind a new gold coinage and exploit the recent discovery of local ore in the last 1860s, his effort was ultimately in vain, owing to pronounced disapproval for the use of the President's own portrait. Nevertheless, many pieces found subsequent use in jewelry as objects of personal adornment. Previously absent from the market for the last 100 years, the present coin retains an appreciable detail to the raised features despite its noted plugged, which for its part is conveniently placed so that it has not disturbed the surrounding legends.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/south-africa/south-africa-transvaal-republic-gold-fine-beard-burgers-pond-1874-/a/3099-32493.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3099-05052022
HID02906262019
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