Orange Free State:
Daniel and Hyman
Die Afrikaanse Handelshuis
Harding and Parker
Jagersfontein Municipality
The Hotel

Transvaal:
Anglo Austrian Cafe
Cornwall Light Infantry
Government Printing Works
J A Taylor
OK Bazaars
Premier Tvl Diamond Mining Co Ltd
Pretoria Garrison Institute
Pretoria Soldiers Institute
Voorspoed Diamond Mining Co
W Stein, European Hotel

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (B1) - Dr G P Theron.
• Unlisted in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 482a listed on page 187 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 8).

This coin is featured on Wikipedia (search token coins)

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (C1) - Dr G P Theron.
• Unlisted in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 96d listed on page 45 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 7).

John Henry Cartwright, born in 1855, was a British sailor.

He settled in the Cape becoming a railway contractor. In 1883 he completed the Bill Wright line over the Cape Flats then helped George Pauling and Co Ltd construct the rail line from Kimberley throught Vryburg to Mafeking. In 1897 he worked on the New Cape Central Railways from Ashton to Swellendam and from Riversdale over the Gourits River to Mossel Bay through to George. Cartwright was a meticulous man and kept a well-stocked shop in which these tokens were used from 1898. In 1912 he had his equipment and these tokens stored in stables in a shed in Rosebank. The Liesbeeck River broke its banks and washed away most of the token coins. A few were discovered in 1950 - making just eight complete sets with a balance of just thirty two 2/6; nineteen 1/- and fourteen 6d.

The 20/-, 10/-, 6d (displayed here) are ex W.J. Noble Collection, Sale 61B (lot 1557) and R.J.Ford Collection (lot 910 part in Spink Australia Sale) Purchased at Noble Numismatics sale 21 – 23 July 2009 lot 2388. Duplicates of the 2/6 and 1/- are held and displayed here.

The Balson Holdings Family Trust has one of the eight complete sets in existence (coins seen right).

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (C2) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 108c listed on page 48 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 4).

Used at the Cape Town Pier Restaurant from c1911 to 1913.

The restaurant was located at the bottom of Adderley St.

It was demolished when the harbour was enlarged. 

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (C5) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 292a listed on page 117 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Very Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 6).

On 26th April 1879 the Cape Town "Lantern" noted:

The undersigned having found great difficulty hitherto in giving change in coppers, and in order to facilitate trade, has imported a quantity of half penny tokens which will be issued as change, and begs to notify that their value at anytime payable at his warehouse, Bree and Waterkant Streets. J W Irwin.

There is no value stated however, but its reverse carries the Arms of the Cape of Good Hope. This design reminds collectors of British Colonial copper halfpennies of Newfoundland and the reverse of one of these is shown with Arms and Supporters. Engraved by Ralph Heaton II, the R H is in small letters over the centre of the 1846 date. He died in 1862, but the engraver of the Irwin piece, whoever he was, may have used Heaton's work as a model.

Ex W.J. Noble Collection, Sale 61B (lot 1561) and R.J.Ford Collection (lot 910 part).

Bought on Auction at Noble Numismatics - 23 July 2009; Lot 2389

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (C7) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 348a listed on page 147 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Very Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 6).

Their name appears in Directories from 1846 to 1921 listed as General Importers and Ironmongers at 1 Burg St, Cape Town. The reverse has a paddle steamer under sail and steam and the die was also used by H. J. Marsh and Brother in Tasmania.

The brother died in1854 and the Tasmanian issue can be dated to a year or so earlier like other undated issues for the Island. The unknown maker is probably English. Despite a strong assumption that branches of the same family are involved, no family history has been found, the only connection is the reverse die. The Cape Town copper halfpennies are thought to have been issued in the 1870's.

In April 2010 one of these tokens sold for over US$800

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (C10) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 570 listed on page 211 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 6).

The tokens made out of bone were used at the catering department of the House of Assembly (Parliament) in Cape Town.

So the common reference to "Railways" seems to be somewhat misplaced.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (C16) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2009): Item 252 listed on page 117 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 4).

E K Green was a wine merchant in Simonstown and Kimberley. A letter from the manager states that these tokens represented a deposit on a bottle which was refunded when the bottle was returned. The tokens were worth a cash refund of 1d "as empty bottles when returned were valued at one shilling per dozen".

The tokens were used from 1907 and only withdrawn in about 1930.

There were cardboard varities of these tokens issued at one stage.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (C42) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 556a listed on page 207 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Very Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 8).

The trading company used these tokens during the Boer War.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (C44) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 178a listed on page 76 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Very Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 5).

These tokens were minted for use on the local ferry crossing the Buffalo River because of the scarcity of small change.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (C47) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 310a listed on page 123 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 3).

Used from 1927 to 1938 as  means of checking the total daily output of each labourer employed in the making of export boxes - the number of tokens reflecting his pay.

The labourer had a small wooden box beside the table he built the boxes. On the completion of each box he would call over the white supervisor in charge of the team. After he had checked the box he would insert one of these tokens into the small box. At the end of the day the number of tokens collected reflected his pay.  

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (C44) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 226a listed on page 84 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 6 to R- 7).

Only the George and Montague Councils issued day tokens as pay a type of pay check for labourers.

They were used in the very early days although the exact dates have never been established.

There are four tokens in the series, a day; three quarter day; half day and quarter day. The quarter day piece is extremely rare.

The pieces here are:

Ex Dr Theron collection

Ex W.J. Noble Collection, Sale 61B (lot 1579) and R.J.Ford (lot 910 part) Collection.

Bought on Auction at Noble Numismatics - 23 July 2009; Lot 2397

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (C51) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 372a listed on page 146 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 6).

Most likely a bottle deposit token for this hotel in Grahamstown, Cape Province.

The reverse is shown with a regal halfpenny of 1873. There is no doubting that the latter was the model. Despite the Penny value on the token it probably did get into general change as change was scarce in those times.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (C56) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 150 listed on page 62 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 5).

The native labourers lived in compounds, later called hostels, at the mines. These tokens issued from the 1880s were used to buy from the Mine Stores which did not accept any other form of payment. They were a monopoly token and could not be used by the mine's staff anywhere else.

The labourers were paid with these tokens as payment for their work. When they left the employment of the mine they could exchange the coins for normal currency.

The various mines in the group at which the coins were originally issued are represented by the piercings - see coin right. 

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (C64) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2009): Item 156a listed on page 82 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Very Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 8).

Theron quotes A.M. Catalogue (pg 81) "Diamond House, drapers, clothiers and dressmakers is first found listed in the Argus Annual for 1890 and it was taken over by R H Henderson Ltd at the end of 1896."

Our own research from the book Man of many facets, Dr W G Atherstone by Nerina Mathie (1998) says this in volume one (pg 324) when quoting from his trip to Kimberley in December 1873..."How strangely altered everything seems as we trot through the refuse heaps of Bultfontein, past the Diamond House , and original verf (plot) of the boer proprietor, onto the lofty mounds of chalky debris from the abandoned claims of DuToit's pan! How metamorphosed! Where are the ten thousand diggers busily working like ants on their heaps? A few modern stores, brokers stands, and straggling tents, a hotel or two, and the wire ropes and pulleys of unknown companies, lifting the sand and water from buried claims, and hoping to reach the diamonds before all their capital gets buried too, is all that is left to represent the working industry of the once busy tented that has moved on bodily three miles further to Kimberley."

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (C65) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 162a listed on page 68 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Very Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 5).

The issuer of these tokens was apparently a blacksmith in Dock Road from 1889-94.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (C66) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 212a listed on page 82 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Very Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 6).

Very little is known about this coin but it is estimated to have been minted in 1873.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (C72) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 70 listed on page 35 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 4).

A firm established in 1906.

The tokens were introduced in 1944 and used for about two years.

Farmers would exchange produce like eggs, butter and skins for coins and were then exchanged for other goods.

More on these token coins at this link

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (C73) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 368 listed on page 144 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Very Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 6).

These pieces, like the George Divisional Council, were presented for work done.

The labourer got paid based on the total time they had worked. The "A R" stands for Afdelings Raad the Afrikaans for "Divisional Council".

The coins were "unearthed' by Col J C Piek according to a letter he wrote to Dr Alec Kaplan in 1950. They had been issued many years before that.

More on these token coins at this link

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (EG&T2) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 430 listed on page  165 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 7).

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (EG&T6) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 112 listed on page  50 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 7).

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (EG&T9) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 582 listed on page  219 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Rare to Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 3 to R - 10).

The Strachan and Co set is featured on Wikipedia (search token coins)

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (EG&T10) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 326 listed on page  130 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 7).

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (EG&T Sup) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 128a listed on page 56 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• UNIQUE (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 10).

UNIQUE PIECE

• Unlisted in Tokens of S Africa and their History (EG&T Sup) - Dr G P Theron.
• Unlisted in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Unlisted in Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens.
• UNIQUE (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 10).

UNIQUE PIECE

Staffords Post was a small, remote trading post located on the main ox wagon route between Umizmkhulu and Kokstad. It was near here, at Rietvlei, that the Griqua rebels planned their failed 1878 attack/seige of Kokstad.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (EG&T2) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 276 listed on page  112 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 4).

More recent pieces (post 1950s)

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (N Sup) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 482  listed on page 187 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• UNIQUE (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 10).

UNIQUE PIECE

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (N4) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 164d  listed on page 70 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 6).

Dan Duchen stores, established in 1914, became Duchen and Kleinman. The DNC stands for Durban Navigation Collieries. It has been suggested that they were used at the mine stores.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (N6) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 314  listed on page 125 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 4).

Very little is known about these pieces.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (N9) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 64c listed on page  33 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 8).

The coins were issued in 1861 because of the lack of circulating coinage of the Crown in the region in what was then a remote British outpost. The store was burnt down in 1864.

The Balson Holdings Family Trust owns a complete set of these extremely rare and historic pieces.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (N10) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 172  listed on page 75 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 7 to R - 10).

There are three varieties of this 1860 token seen right.

The coin shown here in the Balson Holdings Family Trust collection is the unique pattern struck before the three varieties were issude.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (N11) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 260  listed on page 102 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 8).

Apparently issued by A H Guy who was born in Kimberley in 1861.

Guy worked on the laying of the railway line to Port Shepstone in the early 1900s.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (N12) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 262  listed on page 104 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 8).

Cousin of A H Guy.

Very little known is about this coin but it is believed Guy worked in the Pietermaritzburg area.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (N18) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 426  listed on page 165 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 8 to R - 10).

Issued by a Mr S M Naidoo who ran the Mysole Cafe in Queen St in 1919 and Peter's Cafe from 1923 and Peter's Lounge from 1927.

The coins were used in the pin tables at these venues with Mr Naidoo getting a percentage of the takings.

There are are a few varieties. The variety shown here is not listed in Hern or Theron - apparently unique.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (N22) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 232h  listed on page 87 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 5).

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (N26) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 218  listed on page 83 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 7).

Smaller coin

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (O1) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 142b  listed on page 59 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 7).

The partners Daniel and Hyman establshed their Storekeepers and General Dealers business on the 1st January 1864. These coins were issued by the Bloemfontein based business partners to overcome a shortage of small change.

The boer capital at this time depended on cardboard "good fors" which quickly became damaged.

One hundred pounds worth of these beautifully designed tokens valued at 2/6d, 2/-, 1/- and 6d were minted in 1867 for the partners by a coinmaker based in Birmingham. They were quickly withdrawn by the company when counterfeits appeared and are today rare.

The coin displays the coat of arms of the Orange Free State with the words "Te Goed Voor" (Good For) and the value on the other.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (O2) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 288b listed on page 116 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 6).

These tokens were issued in 1876.

The Daily Independent newspaper states:

The Hotel Riverton now under new management of Mrs D Bisset late of Kimberley, is replete with every comfort, and affords superior accommodation for visitors and travellers first class table. Best brands of liquors. Good stabling. The cost was 12/6d per day.

The Riverton Hotel, seventeen miles from Kimberley on the Vaal River, was known as "THE Hotel" and is believed to be the issuer of these coins.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (O5) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 294a listed on page 117 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 3).

In January 1913 Stewarts and Lloyds of Bloemfontein won the tender to put up 41 water pumps in the streets. 10,000 of these coins minted in Birmingham were issued by the Jagersfontein Municipality and used to purchase three gallons of water per unit from the pumps.

The coin was known as the "water penny" and was placed in a slot in a "lion's mouth" - once the lever was pulled the water was released. Water was only provided to houses in 1935. 

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (O8) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 638 listed on page 287 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Rare to Very Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 7).

This diamond mine was situated north of Kroonstad.

It was proclaimed on 28th November 1906 (#34 of 1906) by the acting Governor of the range Free State.

The Kroonstad Centenary Album states "A feature of the Voorspoed, however, was its remarkable regular circular shape.

Image of common reverse seen right

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (O11) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 270 listed on page 108 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Rare to Very Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 5 to R - 6).

They were used to buy produce from local farmers.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (O14) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 8 listed on page 17 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 5).

Bakelite coins issued in 1931 but in use as late as 1955 to purchase products.

Thet were manufactured by Hart & Co, Jacobs, Natal.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (T4) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2009): Item 450c listed on page 209 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 9).

Only a handful of various denominations have survived.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (T7) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 20k listed on page 23 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 8).

• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2009): Item 404d listed on page 190 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 8).

OK Bazaars had a chain of supermarkets across South Africa and were once the largest retail outlet in the country.

The coins are struck in brass. They preceded the plastic staff discount tokens (issued in 1970s) by many years.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (T20) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 588 listed on page 223 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 4).

General Merchants circa early 1900s. A large cache of these tokens in near UNC condition was discovered in the 1970s.

It is unlikely these uncirculated pieces were ever used at the store.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (T21) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 578a listed on page 217 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 7).

This nickel piece was used in the European Hotel in Pilgrim's Rest during its golden heyday in the late 1800s. The proprietor, W Stein, operated out of a building which is now annexed to the current Royal Hotel.

Coin ex Allyn Jacobs collection (2008)

Scott Balson's 2006 trip to Pilgrim's Rest can be seen at this link

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (T22) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 244 listed on page 97 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Very Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 5).

Issued for use in the social club.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (T28) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2004): Item 454 listed on page 180 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Very Rare to Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 5 to R - 7).

This is a set of bakelite coins used at the PGI store located at the military camp located on Roberts Heights.

They were replaced by paper coupons from 1947 to 1951.

• Tokens of S Africa and their History (T31) - Dr G P Theron.
• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2009): Item 558 listed on page 249 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Very Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 8).

This is a set of metal coins used at a store located at the military camp located on Roberts Heights. Probably the forerunner of the PGI bakelite coins above.

• Listed in Maynard's 1966 book of S African tokens.
• Brian Hern's catalogue of Southern African tokens (2009): Item 692a listed on page 68 (please note we only use Hern's handbook as a reference guide NOT for realistic current valuations).
• Very Extremely Rare (Fuld) Rarity Scale: R - 8).

Canteen tokens used by the Infantry during the Boer War.