The Anglo Boer War (1899-1902) pitted two small Southern African republics, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal, against the armies ofthe largest Empire in the history of mankind. During this conflict Paul Kruger, the Transvaal President, resorted to the issue of emergency papermoney (Gouvernement's Noten or Bluebacks) in an effort to protect his country's dwindling gold reserves. Produced in relatively small quantities andusing anything from notebook pages to newsprint paper, most of the Gouvernement's Noten have been lost over the years and some Noot varieties are nowas rare as a pregnant Panda.

Kruger's Bluebacks is the result of more than a decade of research and archival diggings. The book trails the Gouvernement's Noten frominception to demonetization, contains a wealth of new information and challenges much that was previously written about the subject. Illustrated withhundreds of pictures, tables and graphs, with up-to-date pricing guidelines, Kruger's Bluebacks is an essential reference tool for collectorsand dealers alike.

About the author: Everhard Vissers (Dutch, 1957) is a collector of Boer War memorabilia with a focus on original Boer paperwork andGouvernement's Noten. Mr. Vissers interest in the subject came about during his time spent in South Africa for study and work.

Book information: 290 pages, Printed in an edition of 250 copies on high gloss paper by Monaco Print, Monaco.

Privately published by the author.

Available at Euro 75,- from: info@krugersbluebacks.com , Randcoin in South Africa and Colin Narbeth & Son in the United Kingdom.

To order from Colin Narbeth & Son, see:
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