Gold Bar, Transvaal (South African Republic), 1901
date: label: Date made
content: 1901
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) gold bar
label: Description (Brief)
content: Transvaal, 1901
label: Description (Brief)
content: Top Text: RAYMOND. W. SCHUMACHER
label: Description (Brief)
content: Bottom Text: ROBINSON / G.M.CO. LD. / MAY 6TH 1901 / LEFT / OCTR 15TH 1899 / RETD / FEBY 17TH 1901
label: Description (Brief)
content: Edge Text: FIRST GOLD PRODUCED IN THE / TRANSVAAL AFTER BRITISH OCCUPATION.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Edge Text: DIVIDED WITH LORD KITCHENER
label: Description
content: This pyramid-shaped gold bar was produced in the Transvaal in May 1901 during the final phase of the South African War (also known as the Second Boer War) between the British and the ancestors of European immigrants (Boers) of the South African Republic. The engravings on each surface indicate the close relationship between the British and European mining entrepreneurs and British military officials.
label: Description
content: For more information about this bar, see Figure 7: Ellen Feingold, Johan Fourie & Leigh Gardner (2021) A tale of paper and gold: The material history of money in South Africa, Economic History of Developing Regions, DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2021.1926232
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: South Africa: Transvaal
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: South African Currency
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Benjamin, Harvey G., and Norman Stack
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.79.92.2
label: catalog number
content: 79.92.2
label: accession number
content: 1979.1195
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 41 mm x 11 mm x 6.5 mm; 1 5/8 in x 7/16 in x 1/4 in