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minted coins; coin blanks and medallions; semi-fabricated products for the jewellery manufacturing industry; By law, the South African Mint Company is the only company allowed to manufacture South African legal tender coins such as the world-famous Krugerrand. Rand Refinery supplies all the gold used to manufacture the coins.
This huge success of the Krugerrand encouraged other gold-producing countries to mint and issue gold bullion coins of their own, including the Canadian Gold Maple Leaf in 1979, [15] the Australian Nugget in 1987, [15] [16] the Chinese Gold Panda in 1982, [17] [18] the American Gold Eagle in 1986, [15] [17] and the British Britannia coin in 1987.
Coins of the South African rand; Bronze plated steel; Nickel-plated bronze; Sterling silver (925Ag), e.g. EWT Medallions / Sterling Silver Crown; 22 ct Gold; 24 ct Gold (999.9Au) [5] Zimbabwean Bond Coins - 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018. South Sudanese pound coins denominated in 10, 20 and 50 Piasters, 1 Pound and 2 Pounds - 2015 only.
From then until today Johannesburg has been the seat of the South African stock exchange and the country's financial heartland. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange is presently in Sandton, Johannesburg. The Zuid-Afrikaansche Republic became the single biggest gold producer in the world, with a contribution of 27,5 percent in 1898.
Simmer and Jack Mines Ltd (until 1924 known as The Simmer & Jack Gold Mining Co. Ltd.) is a South African company which was founded in 1887 by the German August Simmer and Scotsman John Jack, shortly thereafter selling the majority shareholding to Gold Fields of South Africa Ltd. The company was listed until 2013 at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
After the Union but before 1923, coins in circulation were mostly British, but the coins of Paul Kruger's South African Republic remained in circulation. In 1923, South Africa began to issue its own coins, adopting coins that were identical in size and value to those used in Great Britain: 12 pence (12d) = 1 shilling (1s), and 20s = 1 pound (£1).
The Union of South Africa issued coins from 1923, in denominations of 1 ⁄ 4 d, 1 ⁄ 2 d, 1d, 3d and 6d, 1/–, 2/– (initially denominated as a florin), 2/6, £ 1 ⁄ 2 and £1. (The £ 1 ⁄ 2 and £1 were gold coins known as the half sovereign and sovereign respectively.)
$1 Million Canadian Gold Maple Leaf: Canada: Dorotheum Auction House June 2010 $4,000,000 (20 million ZAR) 1898 Single 9 Pond South African Republic: King Farouk of Egypt: South Cape Coins (private transaction) [18] May 2010 $3,960,000 1885 Trade Dollar: PF-66 United States Eliasberg Heritage Auctions [19] January 2019 $3,877,500 1804 Bust ...