Royal Mint other manufacturers. The Trial of the Pyx is the procedure in the United Kingdom for ensuring that newly-minted coins conform to required standards. The trials have been held since the twelfth century, normally once per calendar year, and continue to the present day. The form of the ceremony has been essentially the same since 1282. They are trials in the full judicial sense, presided over by a judge with an expert jury of assayers. Since 1871, the trials have taken place at the Hall of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, having previously taken place at the Palace of Westminster. Given
Coins of the South African pound François Burgers in 1874 and from 1892 to 1902 coins denominated as 1, 3 (or a tickey), and 6 pence; 1, 2, 2½, and 5 shillings; and ½ and 1 "pond" were issued bearing the likeness of President Paul Kruger. The last of these coins were issued in 1900. In 1902, after Pretoria was occupied by the British, 530 "veldpond" gold coins were minted in Pelgrimsrus. Until the war ended these were produced under exceptionally difficult conditions by use of a handmade press. These coins were minted under the Presidency of Paul Kruger and bear his bust on the reverse