One (1) gold bar Transvaal, 1901 Top Text: RAYMOND. W. SCHUMACHER Bottom Text: ROBINSON / G.M.CO. LD. / MAY 6TH 1901 / LEFT / OCTR 15TH 1899 / RETD / FEBY 17TH 1901 Edge Text: FIRST GOLD PRODUCED IN THE / TRANSVAAL AFTER BRITISH OCCUPATION. Edge Text: DIVIDED WITH LORD KITCHENER This pyramid-shaped gold bar was produced in the Transvaal in May 1901 during the final phase of the South African War (also known as the Second Boer War) between the British and the ancestors of European immigrants (Boers) of the South African Republic. The engravings on each surface indicate the close relationship between the British and European mining entrepreneurs and British military officials. For more information about this bar, see Figure 7: Ellen Feingold, Johan Fourie & Leigh Gardner (2021) A tale of paper and gold: The material history of money in South Africa, Economic History of Developing Regions, DOI: 10.1080/20780389.2021.1926232 Currently not on view
- Collection
- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection South African Currency
- Dates
- 1901
- Format
- Gold (overall material)
- Place Discussed
- South Africa: Transvaal
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- South Africa
- Rights
- Benjamin, Harvey G., and Norman Stack
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/c6ebf47d918719590559866ce1e0107e
