range of boer war coins

1896 Kruger Pond Single Shaft

1896-Kruger-Pond

Hern's Number Z49
Krause-Mishler Number KM#10.2
Designer Otto Schultz
Size Diameter 22mm
Thickness 1.56 mm
Mintage 235000
Weight 7.988 gm
Gold Content 7.322 gm
Copper Content 0.665 gm
Best Known MS63

The 1896 Pond is a failry common coin being one of the higest mintages. However it is still difficult finding a UNC coin.

1896 Pond Forgeries.

There does not seem to be a problem with forgeries. However there are many Imitations/Tokens 1896 Pond. These are manufactured in brass and I have included a few pictures below so you can see how crude the Tokens are.