Die Krugermiljoene (Afrikaans Edition) by Kruger, Daniel Wilhelmus(Prof)
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Die Krugermiljoene (Afrikaans Edition) by Kruger, Daniel Wilhelmus
Hardcover, ISBN 9780628014474
Publisher: Perskor-Uitgewery, 1979 first Edition.
Used - Very Good+. This book is in an excellent condition. The DJ has some very slight signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains perfect. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.
The Kruger Millions is a hoard of gold reputed to have been hidden in South Africa by or on behalf of President Paul Kruger to avoid it being captured by the British during the Second Boer War.
According to legend, about two million pounds in buried gold and diamonds lie hidden in the Blyde River area in the province of Mpumalanga. The treasure is said to consist of hidden gold and coins worth more than US $500,000,000 in today’s terms.[citation needed]
Allegedly the treasure was hidden by or for President Paul Kruger at the end of the South African Boer War somewhere between 1899 and 1902.[citation needed] Searches have failed to uncover any treasure.
In 1947, a man claimed to have found a portion of the treasure at Laurenco Marques, after following a map stitched into the cover of a Bible.
A South African musical drama af: Die Krugermiljoene (1967) proposed a version of the disappearance of these millions.
In 2016, an April Fools article by the Northcliff Melville Times claimed that the Millions had been found at Emmarentia Dam.
On 25 February 2021, it was reported in a news article that Kruger ponds had been discovered in a Swiss vault. It was reported in the article that the Kruger ponds were produced in South Africa between 1893 and 1900.
The Kruger ponds have been labelled the "Lost Hoard" and are for sale. According to the article, the Kruger ponds belong to the South African Mint, a subsidiary of the South African Reserve Bank and can be bought from the South African Mint. The Kruger ponds have been independently verified and graded by the Numismatic Guarantee Corporation in Florida, United States of America. Depending on the condition and year of mint of each individual coin, the value varies between R14500 - R250 000. The collection also features a replica of the original money bag in which the coins remained for over a hundred years.
The Lost Hoard coins are available in two sets. The first set features an 1893-1900 Lost Hoard Kruger half-pond with a 2019 1/10 oz gold privy-mark proof Krugerrand. The second set comprises an 1893-1900 Lost Hoard Kruger full pond and a 2019 quarter oz gold privy-mark proof Krugerrand. The sets have limited editions of 233 and 677 units.
Prof. Daniël Wilhelmus Krüger ( Steynsburg , August 11 , 1906 – 1981 ) was a South African historian and director of the Institute for Historical Research at the Humanities Research Council .
Daniël Krüger was born in the North-Eastern Cape, heartland of the Reformed Churches in South Africa . After his study years at the PU for CHO , he first worked as an archivist and then from 1936 to 1966 as a lecturer, first as a senior lecturer and from 1945 as professor and head of the history department at his alma mater. Afterwards he also lectured at Unisa , the University of Fort Hare and the University of the Transkei . He became particularly well known as a productive and scientific researcher and historian. Among his numerous publications, those about pres. Paul Kruger (also a Reformed member), his adaptation and especially supplement ofHistory of South Africa and The making of a nation mention. He was also the second editor of the South African Biographical Dictionary .
