British and World Coins from the Dr George de Bruin Collection

South Africa, Paul Kruger, Pond, 1898, with ‘99’ overstamp (Hern Z52; KM. 10.2; F 2). Extremely fine or better, very rare
£40,000-50,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Coins from the Collection of Dr George de Bruin.

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Slabbed in NGC holder, graded AU 55. The 1899 dies never arrived in Pretoria, so it was decided to overstamp 1898-dated Ponds. The first coin received a single ‘9’ overstamp; mint officials thought subsequent coins would be better overstamped with ‘99’ and 130 coins were thus produced