Complete set of 16 Strachan and Co trade/currency tokens
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Scott Balson is offering ONE complete set of sixteen Strachan and
Co trade tokens for sale from his private collection. The set includes all
four coins in all four varieties - S Africa's first indigenous widely circulating
coins the S&Co (1874); the extremely rare MH set (c1876) and both
varieties of IN GOODS including the extremely rare 1/- old IN GOODS
(see images below). The coins will be accompanied by a Certificate
of Authenticity and an original copy of the extremely rare book
"Kence, the trade
tokens of Strachan and Company," published by Scott Balson and Prof
Clive Graham in 1978 (there are only about hundred and fifty copies of
this highly sought after numismatic work in existence).
The detail of the coins offered for sale can be seen by clicking on the
images below. The last set
sold for US$4,000 within days of being offered for sale. A few months
ago one of the common set four S&Co coins sold for over US$150 on
eBay. More at this link.
Strachan and Co set
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Very high quality scans - click on thumbnails - over 700kb images
Join the elite list of collectors who are known to have complete
sets of these famous coins:
Numismatists and institutions who are known to own
a complete set of the Strachan and Co tokens
- there are only about 60 sets in the world:
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Balson Holdings Family
Trust (own a number of complete
sets including the finest set in the world).
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Africana Museum Johannesburg, South Africa
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Killie Campbell Library, Durban, Natal - donated by Dr C Graham
(Pietermaritzburg, S Africa) - co-author of the book
"Kence, the trade tokens of S&Co"
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Bickels Coins assoc with Volkskas Bank Bpk (Johannesburg, S Africa)
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Clan Strachan Society
Inc, California, USA (on loan from James A. Strachan, Temecula
California)
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Terry Coucourakis (Durban, South Africa)
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Han Eybers
(website "CoinDotZA"
at this link) (Gauteng, S Africa)
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Lourens Pretorius (White River, South Africa)
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Willie Stoman (Helderkruin, South Africa)
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Peter Duckburg (Isando, South Africa)
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Francois Joubert (Parys, South Africa)
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Anthony Govender (Durban, South Africa)
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Danie van der Laan (Johannesburg, S Africa)
(set displayed
at this link)
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Prof Michael Laidlaw (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa)
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Keith Murray (Durban, South Africa) - President, Natal Numismatic
Society (2005)
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W Murray (ex Barclays Bank Estcourt 1980, S Africa)
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D Niven (Johannesburg, S Africa)
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Allyn Jacobs (Johannesburg, S Africa)
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Mark Radley (Brisbane, Australia)
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Rege Podraza (USA)
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Alma Sluiter (S Africa)
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Nico Stoman (USA)
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J Lourens (S Africa)
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Marcel Springorum (Ireland)
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Herman van Noordwyk (Cape Town)
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Milner
Snell (Kokstad)
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Arnold Boström (Sweden)
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P & G Coins. (Johannesburg, S Africa)
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John Rainier (co-author of book
on Donald Strachan) (Cape Town, South Africa)
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David Southwood FRGS (Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society) (London,
UK)
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George R A Strachan, JP (UK)
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Estate of the late Dr G P Theron author
"Tokens of South Africa and their
history" (Gouritsmond, S Africa)
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