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Message:: [QUOTE="Aidan Work, post: 36759, member: 1824"]Did you know that the South African 3d. coin was called a Tickey? Well,the name was first recorded in1877 to describe the British 3d.,which was circulating in South Africa at the time.When the South African Republic issued its first Kruger coins in 1892,the name 'Tickey' was applied to the 3d.The origin of 'Tickey' is in the Malayan word 'Tiga',which means '3',but the term didn't catch on until just before the First World War,when a circus was touring South Africa.There was a small clown,whosenickname was 'Tickey',but his real name was Eric Hoyland.The use of 'Tickey' spread to the Rhodesias,where it later was applied to the Southern Rhodesian 3d.,Rhodesia & Nyasaland 3d.,the Rhodesian 3d.,& the Rhodesian 2-1/2c.South Africa's 2-1/2c. of 1961-64 were also called Tickeys.South Africa is striking Tickeys,but these are Proof-only medal-coins. In 1898,a mining magnate & personal friend of President Kruger by the name of Sammie Marks was granted permission to strike some Tickeys,but only in gold.There are 215 pieces known of the Sammie Marks Tickey.A few jewellers struck some contemporary copies of the Sammie Marks Tickey,but these do not have the dots after 'Z.A.R.'.I have got one of the contemporary jeweller's copies,whichwas struck in 22 Carat gold,just like the real Sammie Marks Tickeys.[/QUOTE]