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Create new listA historically important Boer War coin presented to Diderikus Graham, who worked under P.J. Kloppers in the casting of the Veld Pond in the field
South Africa, Schalk Burger, Veld Pond, 1902 (Hern Z54; KM 11; F 4). Engraved on reverse in three lines ‘D. Graham, Staats Munt, te Velse’, mounted with top loop, a little pitted, otherwise very fine and UNIQUE [slabbed SANGS Genuine] £8,000-£10,000
Diderikus (Dick) Graham (b. 1861) was a blacksmith who was skilled at the melting and pouring of gold. For his efforts in manufacturing the Veld ponds he was paid with five coins; later captured by the British, he became a miner after the Boer War. A photograph of him and his fellow “minters” features in Engelbrecht’s Money in South Africa, p. 81.
A total of 986 were made.
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