E-auction 182-114961 - fwo_410229 - SOUTHERN RHODESIA 1 Shilling Georges VI 1946
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Estimate : | 20 € |
Price : | 27 € |
Maximum bid : | 28 € |
End of the sale : | 10 October 2016 17:33:30 |
bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : 1 Shilling Georges VI
Date: 1946
Quantity minted : 1700000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 500 ‰
Diameter : 23,6 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,66 g.
Edge : striée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR.
Obverse description : portrait couronné à gauche du roi Georges Vi.
Reverse
Reverse legend : SOUTHERN RHODESIA // 19-46 // .ONE SHILLING..
Reverse description : oiseau emblématique.
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..