fwo_893057 - SOUTH AFRICA - REPUBLIC - PRESIDENT KRUGER 1/2 pond (pound ou livre) 1895
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Price : 390.00 €
Type : 1/2 pond (pound ou livre)
Date: 1895
Quantity minted : 134974
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,99 g.
Edge : cannelée
Slab
PCGS : AU53
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sous coque PCGS AU53
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ZUID AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIK.
Obverse description : Buste de Paul Kruger à gauche.
Obverse translation : (République Sud-Africaine).
Reverse
Reverse legend : 1/2 - POND * 1895 *.
Reverse description : Écu aux armes de la République entouré de quatre drapeaux ; dessous EENDRAGT - MAAKT - MAGT.
Reverse translation : (L'Union fait la Force).
Historical background
SOUTH AFRICA - REPUBLIC - PRESIDENT KRUGER
(1881-1902)
Paul Kruger (1832-1904) was the founder of the Transvaal Republic in 1881. He opposed the British colonization policy in South Africa. The Boer War broke out in 1899 between the Republic of South Africa, the Transvaal and the Orange Free State against the colony of Cape Town, the bridgehead of the English imperialist forces. It is the first modern war with the creation of concentration camps for civilian populations. Defeated, the Boers were killed or assimilated into what was to become the Union of South Africa in 1910. Kruger died in exile in Switzerland in 1904.
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