1874 Coarse Beard Burgers Ponde
| Hern's Number | B2 |
|---|---|
| Krause-Mishler Number | KM#1.1 |
| Designer | L.C. Wyon |
| Size Diameter | 22.33 mm |
| Thickness | 2.2098-2.3114 mm |
| Mintage | 142 to 174 * |
| Weight | 7.91-7.99 gm |
| Gold Content | 7.254-7.33 gm |
| Copper Content | 0.66-0.667 gm |
| Best Known | MS65 |
*Most knowledgeable collectors have this mintage as 142. Chester L. Krause and Clifford Mishler have the mintage as 174.
Also know as the Burgers Staatsponde
These coins where delivered on 18 August 1874 to Mr J.J. Pratt, the Consul General for the ZAR government in London, and the coins where dispatched to the Transvaal on the 20 September 1874.
The Fine Beard has a sharp 8 in the date 1874 and the beard is finer. It can be seen there are 6 distinctive sets of hairs on the beard.
The Coarse Beard has a double strike on the 8 and the hair on the beard looks matted or closer together.
It is know these coins were made from Alluvial gold from the Lydenburg district and the Alluvial gold was refined by the Johnson Matthey company. The Pondes were minted by Ralph Heaton and Sons, also know as Birmingham Mint, or Heaton's Mint.
1874 Coarse Beard Burgers Pond Forgery's.
There does not seem to be a problem with forgeries but many coins are ex-mount coins.
1874 Coarse Beard Burgers Pond sample sales
| USA Based Auction Sept 2013 | NGC MS65 | US $ 128,500.00 |
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