I just received this year's Gold Coin Sebenza featuring the South African Krugerand coin. Sorry, I don't have a way of putting up a photo.
The Krugerand has a Springbok (deer-like animal) on the side showing, and the design features yellow rays emanating from the coin as if it were the sun.
A trail of tiny springbok hoof prints (blue annodized) meander from the blade to the coin and steadily decrease in size as if the springbok on the coin was walking off into the sun. The blade is un-colored raindrop damascus, as always.
It sounds a little corny but it came out beautiful; I hope someone will be able to post this knife for you to see.
This year the edition size has been increased to 20 serialized knives. In the three previous years, the edition size was limited to twelve. I'm not sure I like to see the edition increase in size (dilution of value?), but it does allow eight more collectors to get in on this year's knife.
This was the first year that the Krugerand was made available for sale in the year of issue. Each year, the Gold Coin Sebenza features a different coin that has the same date as the edition, so 2000 was the first year that the Krugerand was able to be used for the knife, and this coin reflects the South African heritage of CRK.
The Krugerand has a Springbok (deer-like animal) on the side showing, and the design features yellow rays emanating from the coin as if it were the sun.
A trail of tiny springbok hoof prints (blue annodized) meander from the blade to the coin and steadily decrease in size as if the springbok on the coin was walking off into the sun. The blade is un-colored raindrop damascus, as always.
It sounds a little corny but it came out beautiful; I hope someone will be able to post this knife for you to see.
This year the edition size has been increased to 20 serialized knives. In the three previous years, the edition size was limited to twelve. I'm not sure I like to see the edition increase in size (dilution of value?), but it does allow eight more collectors to get in on this year's knife.
This was the first year that the Krugerand was made available for sale in the year of issue. Each year, the Gold Coin Sebenza features a different coin that has the same date as the edition, so 2000 was the first year that the Krugerand was able to be used for the knife, and this coin reflects the South African heritage of CRK.
