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ROMANIA

1475

Carol I. (1839-1914) Silver 5 Lei, 1901-B. Head left. (Dav 274; KM 17.2). Lustrous with lovely golden tone.

Very scarce in to grades.

NGC graded MS-61.

$ 1,000

SAUDI ARABIA

1476

Gold 4 Pounds, undated (1945-1946). Weight 0.9419 ounce. (Struck at the Philadelphia mint for concession

payment for oil to the Saudi government). (KM 34). NGC graded MS-61.

$ 1,800

SOUTH AFRICA

1477

Republik (ZAR), Paul Kruger, Gold Pond, 1898, 8.00g. Bust left of Kruger. Rev.

Transvaal arms; with a

Gold Blank for the Pond, c.1900, 8.00g. Blank without rim and usual scraper marks. Both, Choice extremely

fine. (2)

$ 1,800

Legend has it that, during the year 1900, president Kruger sent the State of Attorney (J C Smuts) to the Pretoria mint to confiscate

all available specie in order to pay the Boer troops. On the way back it was discovered a number of the seized coins were unstruck

and simply gold blanks, they were, however, the correct weight and were therefore used to pay the troops. There is no record of what

number there were and they are now known as ‘Kraal Ponde’ or more commonly as ‘Rimless Blanke Ponde’.