Crossword clues for krugerrand
krugerrand
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also Kruger rand, 1967, South African gold coin (issued for investment purposes) bearing a portrait of Transvaal President Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (1825-1904); second element is rand, unit of decimal currency introduced in Republic of South Africa 1961, named for The Rand, gold-mining area in Transvaal, short for Witwatersrand (see rand).
Wiktionary
n. (alternative case form of Krugerrand English)
Wikipedia
For the Ian McNabb album, see Krugerrands.
The Krugerrand (; or ) is a South African gold coin, first minted in 1967 to help market South African gold and produced by the South African Mint. By 1980 the Krugerrand accounted for 90% of the global gold coin market. The name itself is a compound of "Kruger" (the man depicted on the obverse) and "rand", the South African unit of currency. During the 1970s and 1980s some Western countries forbade import of the Krugerrand because of its association with the apartheid government of South Africa.
Production levels of Krugerrands have significantly varied during the last 50 years. From 1967–1969, around 40,000 coins were minted each year. In 1970, the amount rose to over 200,000 coins. Over one million coins were produced in 1974 and in 1978 a total of six million Krugerrands were produced. Following the end of apartheid the production dropped to 23,277 coins in 1998 and since then levels have increased again, albeit not reaching pre-international sanction levels.
Usage examples of "krugerrand".
He lies down upon its illusion and places a Krugerrand each in the sockets of his eyes.
The advantage of the Krugerrand, the girl at this fiscal alternatives place explained, is it weighs one troy ounce exactly and is easier to deal with.
His underwear off, the overhead light still on, his prick up like a jutting piece of pink wreckage, he calms her into lying motionless and places a Krugerrand on each nipple, one on her navel, and a number on her pussy, enough to mask the hair with a triangle of unsteady coins overlapping like snake scales.
Kneeling at her hips, Harry holds a Krugerrand by the edge as if to insert it in a slot.
He knew a gold Krugerrand as well, he thought, though he had never actually been shown one.
She pressed a gold Krugerrand into my palmworth at least triple the charter fareand I tried to act suitably impressed.
None was currently legal tender anywhere in the world--a krugerrand and a worn British sovereign.
Even after buying the Krugerrands and paying the September taxes we have too much money in the bank, money in the bank is for dummies now.
Juilliard, and a fellow with a safety-deposit box full of gold Krugerrands could pretty much afford whatever he wanted.
Thanks to the Krugerrands in his safe deposit box, he even had a way to pay the humongous bill that was going to arrive!
A full elven mage could ken and replicate anythingrubies, diamonds, Krugerrands, bearer bonds.
In the end he took only the Krugerrands, which could be melted down for their gold.
Godwin would have concealed his Krugerrands or Swiss francs like every other agent posted abroad.
I postulated a Cape Buffalo, escaped while some South Africans were presenting it to a zoo worth its weight in Krugerrands to antsy politicians.
He went up there with a batch of Krugerrands to pay for his hash or fix or whatever.