South Africa · Coins & Banknotes
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Public Auction Record · Heritage NYINC, Jan 2025
The "Single 9" Kruger Pond, 1898
The unique Pretoria Mint overstamp — long known as the King of South African Coins. Graded MS63 Prooflike by NGC, with the inscribed "M" monogram of US Consul General C.E. Macrum.
R 40.10 million
USD 2,160,000 including premium
Heritage Auctions
NYINC Platinum Session
Lot 31069 · 13 January 2025
Lot 31069 · 13 January 2025
Sales History · One Coin, Five Owners
1954
Palace Collections of EgyptKing Farouk auction, Cairo
£EG 655
1969
Days Postal Auction No. 9South Africa
R 2,530
1983
Phoenix Postal Auction No. 30South Africa
R 132,000
1999
Private sale, Anglo-Boer War centenaryBrokered by Walter Fivaz
R 4.65 m
2001
Private transactionSouth Africa
R 9.80 m
2025
Heritage Auctions, NYINCNew York · public auction record
R 40.10 m
From R2,530 in 1969 to R40.10 m in 2025 — the documented trajectory of a single coin.
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