The gold Single 9 Pond is known as the “King of South African coins”. And it’s a coin that’s intimately connected to that country’s struggle for independence. In 1899, Britain was at war with Afrikaans-speaking Dutch colonists for control of two Boer states. These were the Transvaal...
Often called the “King of South African Coins,” the Single 9 Pond is a one-of-a-kind coin minted during the South African War of Independence, which took place between 1899 and 1902. As the war began, President Paul Kruger of the South African Republic ordered the minting of new gold...