Dick Johnson forwarded the following item asking,

With over 15 year's industry experience, South Cape Coins have long been considered one of South Africa's premier rare coin dealers. So when they launched their first rare coin competition in July earlier this year, there was immediate interest from local and international numismatic communities as well as South Cape Coin's existing customers and Facebook followers.

The competition prize was an incredibly rare 1898 Sammy Marks Penny, graded MS64 RB by independent coin grading company PCGS and valued at an astounding R45 000.

To read the complete article, see:R 45,000 Rare Coin Competition Giveaway(pressportal.co.za/business-and-economy/item
/5780-45000-rare-coin-competition-giveaway.html)

And here's a photo of the 1898 Sammy Marks Penny that could be yours!

To read the complete article, see:WIN! 1898 Sammy Marks Penny MS64 RB(www.cointalk.com/t181471/)

Samuel Marks, better known as Sammy Marks (1843 - 18 February 1920), was a South African industrialist and financier.

Marks contributed generously to Jewish communities all over South Africa. The Pretoria synagogue was built in 1898, for which he donated all the bricks and paid for the electric light installation and chandeliers. At the end of the Anglo-Boer War, he presented a cast-iron fountain to the city of Pretoria, shipped from Glasgow and very Edwardian in design, it stands at the Zoological Gardens. Marks commissioned the statue of Kruger on Church Square in Pretoria - sculpted by Anton van Wouw and cast in bronze in Europe, it carried a price tag of ₤10 000.

In 1898 Marks was allowed the extraordinary privilege of using the state mint for a day. He was awarded the Jewish Cross for his services to his race. Marks used the opportunity to strike 215 gold tickeys � three-penny pieces that were normally silver � as mementos for his relatives and friends, including President Kruger and members of the Volksraad. The gold would certainly have come from the Sheba mine near Barberton, the only gold mine in which Marks had a substantial stake.

To read the complete article, see:(www.southcapecoins.co.za/index.php/news
/the-story-behind-the-1898-sammy-marks-penny-that-you-can-win)