South Africa 1892 penny

Heritage sale 3076, lot 34588

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The first specimen was lot 34588 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $630. The catalog description^[1] noted, "South Africa: Republic Penny 1892 MS65 Brown NGC. Glossy brown surfaces with cobalt blue toning, traces of original red in recesses. Sold with Schulman Auction tag." South Africa, after a turbulent history between English and Dutch settlers and the native population, was constituted the Union of South Africa in 1910. This coin was issued 1892-94 and 1898 by the Afrikaner republic before its conquest by the British. With the collapse of apartheid, collecting South African coins is now respectable again.

Recorded mintage: 83,000 + 6 proofs, the second most common date.

Specification: bronze.

Catalog reference: KM 2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Hern, Brian, John Bothma and Hercie Pieterse, Hern's Handbook on South African Coins & Patterns, Ferndale, South Africa, 2013.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3076, featuring the Allen Moretti Swiss Collection and the James Mossman Collection of Canadian Coinage, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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