South Africa’s leading online marketplace facilitates the sale of an 1892 ZAR Kruger pond sold for a staggering R210 000. The rare South African coin was awarded a grading of MS61 by the NGC (Numismatic Guaranty Corporation of America), which to those who are not in the know, is one of the highest grading any coin can be awarded. Collecting is said to be a human instinct, a survival instinct that drives us from one objective to the next. It is the compelling force that pushes us much the same manner as our hunter gatherer forefathers, our ability to seek, find and own items that secure our prosperity.

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