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1/2 Crown - George VI
| Issuer | Southern Rhodesia (1932-1955) |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Currency | Pound (1932-1955) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed left-facing effigy of King George VI, rendered in high relief after a model by Percy Metcalfe. The royal portrait is encircled by a toothed border with the legend arcing around the periphery of the field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Southern Rhodesia gained the right to issue its own coinage in 1932, when the British government granted the self-governing colony full monetary independence from South Africa. The 1937 issue was the first coinage struck under George VI following his accession after Edward VIII's abdication — a transition so abrupt that Southern Rhodesia, like most Commonwealth territories, had no Edward VIII coinage at all. The entire series skipped a reign.