1 Veld Pond, South African Republic, 1902
date: label: date made
content: 1902
label: associated date
content: 1902
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) pond coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: South African Republic, 1902
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Monogram.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: ZAR / 1902
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: N/A
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: EEN POND
label: Description
content: The South African War (also known as the Second Boer War) between the British and the ancestors of European immigrants (Boers) living in the South African Republic, took place from 1899 to 1902. Toward the end of the war, the remaining fighters for the South African Republic fled into the countryside to a place called Pilgrim’s Rest. They melted down gold bars and gold nuggets and minted their own coins to assert their independence from the British. The fighters used old farm machinery and accessible chemicals to melt the gold down and make it pliable enough to shape into coins. Their hand-chiseled dies produced 968 coins, which are often referred to as “veldpond” because they were made in the South African veld (the Afrikaans word for field) and their denomination is one pond.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: South Africa: South African Republic
label: place made
content: South Africa: Mpumalanga, Pilgrim's Rest
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Collection
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content: South African Currency
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Estate of Josiah K. Lilly
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.68.159.5817
label: catalog number
content: 68.159.5817
label: accession number
content: 283645
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .15 cm x 2.28 cm; 1/16 in x 29/32 in