South Africa 1897 2 shillings
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This specimen was lot 1919 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $357. The catalog description[1] noted, "SOUTH AFRICA: Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek, AR 2 shillings, 1897, Johannes Paulus Kruger bust left, PCGS graded MS63." 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 1892-97 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: 140,000, a common date.
Specification: 11.31 g, 0.925 fine silver, .336 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-6.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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