The South Africans generally had the particular U.S. marketplace to themselves. The Canadian Maple Leafs will never be introduced until 1979, not to mention the American Gold Eagles certainly not until late 1986. This was inside 1985, even so, that the particular South Africans hit a major roadblock.South Africa introduced the particular Krugerrand, the particular initially gold bullion coin to be able to contain exactly 1 ounce of gold, in the particular 1970s, whenever expansion was operating rampant, with rates hitting 13, and in addition the prime rate topping 21. Added, the particular Cold War was nevertheless hot, with the Russians having rolled into Afghanistan. Of the particular fifty thousand Krugerrands sold, probably half have been sold in the particular United States Of America, potentially more.
