KM#2

Obverse

Bearded bust of President Johannes Paulus Kruger left, legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ZUID AFRIK. REPUBLIEK

Unabridged legend: Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek

Translation: South African Republic

Engraver: Otto Schultz

Reverse

Central arms of the Z.A.R. within design, denomination and date above.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 1 PENNY * 1898 *

Engraver: Otto Schultz

Edge

Plain

Mints

Berlin, Germany (1280-date)

Pretoria, South Africa (1890-1902, 1923-1992)

Comments

Johannes Paulus Kruger (1825-1904) was a prominent Boer leader against British rule and president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republic (1883-1902) which later became the Transvaal Colony under British rule and then the Transvaal Province of the Union of South Africa.

The coins of the 1892 issue were struck at the Royal Prussian Mint in Berlin, all others were struck at the South African Republic’s Mint in Pretoria.

(FB 32)