BOOK: South Africa's First GOLD Coin (The Burgers Pond)

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"The Burgers "staatspond" of 1874 was the first coin struck for a South African government. It was made from some of the first gold ever found in the country, which was to become the world's richest source of this precious metal. It is one of the greatest rarities in the whole South African coinage series."

Here is the only comprehensive book on the varieties of this legendary coin written by Matthy Esterhuysen in 1976 just over a hundred years after the minting of the coin. Even if you cannot afford the coin, this Book is invaluable to anybody who collects South African and ZAR coins.

ESTERHUYSEN, Matthy. South Africa's first gold coin: research on the Burgers dies and Burgerspond, 1874. Pretoria: National Cultural History Museum, 1976. 119p. (Study no. 5) ISBN 0-360-00307-9

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