E-auction 611-590015 - SOUTHERN RHODESIA 1/2 Crown Georges VI 1947
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Type : 1/2 Crown Georges VI
Date: 1947
Quantity minted : 6000000
Metal : copper nickel
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,07 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR // PM.
Obverse description : portrait couronné à gauche du roi Georges VI.
Obverse translation : (Georges VI roi empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOUTHERN . 19 - 47 . RHODESIA // GVI R.I // K G // +HALF CROWN+.
Reverse description : écu couronné.
Reverse translation : (Rhodésie du Sud).
Commentary
En 1923, la concession accordée à la British South Africa Company (BSAC) sur le territoire du Matabeleland n’est pas renouvellée. Le Rhodésie devient alors une colonie britannique qui sera fédérée en 1953 avec la Rhodésie du Nord et le Nyassaland..