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Arndt EHD Notes on an interview with Kloppers. 29 October 1939.

Arndt EHD Concept of Arndt's book and notes of Kloppers. 29 January 1940

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Barter WJH Letters addressed to Colonel Serjeant 1 September 1902

Barter WJH Letter addressed to J Hunter McLea, published byAH Smith's in an article "Marshall's Souvenirs of the ZAR Munt te Velde" in Notes and News March 1976 Part 22 No 1.

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Cartwright A Valley of Gold. Howard Timmins. Cape Town. 1980.

Cooney MJ Letters addressed to his niece Maggie.

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Engelbrecht CL Die verhaal van die Veldponde in Opsaal. June 1950

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Kaplan A Comments in Journal of the Institution of Certificated Engineers South Africa. December 1946.

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NATIONAL ARCHIVE PRETORIA

TAB CJC 1058 ref 1167
TAB LD 762 AG 2610/04

TAB MHG 11148
TAB MHG 2404/47
TAB MHG 8893/60
TAB MHG 89024
TAB MHG 4567/46
TAB MHG 5937/71
TAB MHG 24743
TAB Aanwins A551
TAB Aanwins A202
TAB Aanwins A185

TAB IOP4 IOMG 224/00 H Hanneman, Pretoria. re 600 bags of flour at Transvaal hotel Komatipoort

SAB GG 234 3/5239 Request of Master of the Royal Mint, Pretoria, for assistance in tracing the correspondence of the late Lord Kitchener relating to the seizure of the dies with which the "veld pond" was forged at Pilgrim's Rest

TAB PMO 40 PM 2702/01 Inquiry re Mr WH Barter

TAB CS 8 841/01Proclamation No 4 of 6 February 1901 Disfigurement of Tvl coins

TAB CS 104 6738/02 Permit to return for Mr. Jules Perrin. Forwarding correspondence re above from Lourenço Marques to Pretoria

TAB SP 224 SPR 892/00 Staatssecretaris afdeeling b. landdrost Johannesburg zendt in  memorie vragende kwijtskchelding straf van J Cooney

TAB SS R331/1900 Landdrost, Pietersburg gevangene MJ Cooney vraagt gratie

TAB SS R7768/00 & CAJ 718 Proviand commissie Pretoria. H Hanneman komatipoort zendt in lyst van levensmiddelen voor handen in den winkel van police die gevlucht is.


WEBSITES

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABSA Coin Collection with special reference to Mr Sinothi Thabethe

Professor David Reed Thomas for personal documents, photos and information

National Archives in Pretoria - the staff of the reading room

Mpumalanga Museum Services at Pilgrim's Rest with special reference to the chief researcher Ms Judith Mason

Mr Anthony Govender who made most valuable information available

Mr HS Jordaan, retired metallurgist of Yskor, Pretoria

Mr Johan Shields for certain photos

South African National Museum of Military History in Johannesburg

Voortrekker Monument Pretoria with special reference to Ms Estelle Pretorius and Ms Riette Zaayman, archivist of the Afrianer Erfenis Stigting.

War Museum of the Boer Republics in Bloemfontein with special reference to Ms Elria Wessels

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  INDEX
   
1. Introduction
2. Background
3. Pilgrim's rest
4. Contemplating the making of gold pounds
5. Permission for establishing a government mint
6. ZAR field mint at Pilgrim's rest
7. Workshop and machines
8. Process of making veldpond
9. Cabinet ministers visited Pilgrim's rest
10. The mint commission
11. Final product
12. Medals awarded
13. Veldpond as a reminder
14. How many veldpond were minted?
15. Mining property left behind in excellent condition
16. The last time the dies were used
17. Marshall's book
18. Diorama of the field mint at the empire exhibition 1936
19. Conclusion
20. References