Year: 1892
Country: South Africa
Denomination: 5 Shillings
Weight: 28.2758 g
Silver Composition: .925
Mintage: 14,000
Certification: NGC AU50
Comments: Obverse features bust of Johannes Paul Krueger. Reverse features arms of the South African Republic. This is the single shaft variety denoting the single shaft from the wagon on the reverse. The double shaft variety has a mintage of just over 4,300 pieces making it more valuable than the single shaft variety. I paid just below $500 for this example, an expensive coin for me but I got it slightly below catalogue value so I am happy. I think South Africa being in the news lately for a group of white South Africans being granted refugee status in the US made me a bit more interested in pulling the trigger on this example.
