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Auction #130 begins on 09 Apr 2026

Mining Contract

PROSPECTEER LICENTIE OP PRIVATE GEPROCLAMEERDE GRONDEN (1894) - 2 x early Johannesburg prospector's licenses

"Licence for Prospecting on Private Proclaimed Ground"

Published: Johannesburg, 1894

Reserve: $400

Approximately:

Estimate: $500

Bidding opens: 9 Apr 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 16 Apr 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Four original documents dating from the period of the Witwatersrand Gold Rush, or simply the "Rand Rush", which resulted in the founding of Johannesburg, also known as the "Golden City".

The four leaves are still held together by the original pin and include:

Two licences that were printed by the Government Printer of the South African Republic "Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek, Z.A.R.", President Paul Kruger's Transvaal Republic.

A handwritten leer by Peter Wiecking

  • Overall Condition: Very Good


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