Proof collector’s edition
60 years of the Krugerrand. Struck for the few.
On 3 July 1967 the South African Mint struck the first Krugerrand. For its 60th birthday it comes as a collector’s edition with its own anniversary mark. The mintage is fixed. There will be no restrike.
- Piedfort pieces
- Only 160
- pieces of 1 ounce
- Only 1,060
Anniversary mark · Case · Certificate of authenticity
Secure the limited editionThe 2027 anniversary editions
Every anniversary edition. At a glance.
Gold with the 1967•2027 mark, silver with 2017•2027. Every coin in its true proportions, with its fine weight below.
2 oz Gold Piedfort62.21 g
1 oz Gold31.1 g
1/2 oz Gold15.55 g
1/4 oz Gold7.78 g
1/10 oz Gold3.11 g
10 oz Silver311.03 g
5 oz Silver155.52 g
2 oz Silver62.21 g
1 oz Silver31.1 g
1/2 oz Silver15.55 gThe sets
3 Gold Coins Fractional Set5.29 g
4 Gold Coins Fractional Set13.05 g
5 Gold Coins Fractional Set28.6 g
6 Gold Coins Prestige Set59.72 g
7 Gold Coins Prestige Set121.93 g
Pretoria, 1967
3 July 1967. A press from 1891 strikes the first Krugerrand.
Its name is Oom Paul, and between 1892 and 1900 it had already struck more than 8 million coins. In 1967 it strikes the first ounce of 22 carat gold. The Krugerrand is born.
The name
Paul Kruger and the Witwatersrand. How the Krugerrand got its name.
Kruger stands for the president on the obverse. Rand stands for South Africa’s currency and for the Witwatersrand, the ridge of white waters, one of the country’s great gold regions.
The reverse
In mid leap since 1947. The springbok by Coert Steynberg.
The sculptor Coert Steynberg first created the leaping springbok for the 1947 five shilling piece. Since 1967 it has leapt across every Krugerrand, over aloe and table mountains.
The obverse
Struck from the die of 1892. Paul Kruger in profile.
The portrait was cut by the die engraver Otto Schultz. To this day the South African Mint strikes it from the original die of the 1892 Kruger half crown.
The fractional sizes
In 1980 it becomes divisible. Joined by the 1/2, 1/4 and 1/10 ounce.
In 1980 the South African Mint gave the ounce three smaller companions, so that the Krugerrand also comes in small sizes. Each bears the springbok and Paul Kruger. Here you see them in their true proportions.
The silver Krugerrand
In 2017 it shines in silver. For the Krugerrand’s 50th birthday.
For the 50th anniversary the South African Mint struck the Krugerrand in silver for the first time in 2017, with the springbok and Paul Kruger as in gold. It stayed, and in 2027 it celebrates its 10th birthday with the 2017•2027 mark.
The piedfort
In 2024 twice as thick. 2 ounces on the diameter of one ounce.
Piedfort comes from French and means “heavy foot”. In 2024 the South African Mint struck the Krugerrand this way for the first time: twice as thick as the ounce, with 2 ounces of gold and in the design of the first Krugerrand of 1967.
The anniversary mark
1967 • 2027. The mark for the 60th birthday.
Above the springbok’s back, each of these gold anniversary editions bears a round mark: 1967•2027 in an arc, a large 60, and YEAR ANNIVERSARY beneath.
South African Mint
60 years of gold from South Africa. Hold a piece of it in your hand.
Every 2027 anniversary edition comes in proof, in a case and with a certificate of authenticity.
Choose your anniversary editionAll editions
Your piece of history. The 2027 anniversary editions.
In gold with the 1967•2027 mark, from the 1/50 ounce in the set up to the 2 ounce Piedfort. In silver with 2017•2027, for the 10th birthday of the silver Krugerrand.
