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1 Penny - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Southern Rhodesia (1932-1955) |
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| Year | 1954 |
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| Value | 1 Penny (1⁄240) |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Southern Rhodesia's coinage authority sat in an awkward constitutional position by 1954 — the federation with Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland had been established the previous year, yet Southern Rhodesia continued issuing its own distinct coinage rather than immediately transitioning to Federal issues. This penny was struck during that overlap period, before the short-lived Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland fully consolidated its monetary arrangements.