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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Derick, post: 1540421, member: 39142&quot;]<b>The Veld Pond</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice post. I also love the history behind foreign coins. </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">The Second Anglo-Boer War broke out in October 1899 and in June 1900 the British under Lord Roberts occupied Pretoria, the capital of the South African Republic. When Roberts entry into Pretoria was imminent, the Boer Government left, taking with them any precious metals at the Pretoria Mint. Amongst the metals were a number of pond blanks that were ready for striking. These were put into circulation and became known as kaal ponde [naked pounds].</font></span></font><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">The Government set up an emergency mint at Pilgrim&#039;s Rest where a total of 986 Veld Ponde were struck and put into circulation. These coins, struck from hand-made dies, had the South African Republic monogram Z.A.R and the date (1902) on the obverse and the text EEN POND on the reverse.</font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri"><br /></font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Calibri">[ATTACH]205482.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]205483.vB[/ATTACH]</font></span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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