AN 1898 SOUTH AFRICAN 1 POND GOLD COIN, obverse with bearded portrait of Johannes Paulus Kruger and the country's name in Afrikaans inscribed around in an arc, the reverse with the Transvaal coat of arms

coin weighs 7.98g and is 22ct gold.

Notes:

Johannes Paulus Kruger (1825-1904) was a prominent Boer leader against British rule and president of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republic (1883-1902) which later became the Transvaal Colony under British rule and then the Transvaal Province of the Union of South Africa.