Catalog
1 Penny - George VI
| Issuer | Southern Rhodesia (1932-1955) |
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| Year | 1942-1947 |
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| Currency | Pound (1932-1955) |
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| Reverse description | The denomination ONE PENNY appears in the field flanked by decorative sprigs, with a central circular hole forming the focal point of the design. The issuer's name SOUTHERN RHODESIA arcs around the upper periphery, while the date appears at the base below the sprigs. The entire design is contained within a beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Southern Rhodesia's bronze penny issues of the early 1940s were produced against the backdrop of wartime metal pressures that forced composition changes across the British colonial minting system. The shift from the earlier alloy to this bronze specification was a direct consequence of strategic material demands — the same pressures that stripped copper from circulation in the United States and altered coin alloys across the Empire simultaneously.
Production ran through the Royal Mint's facilities during years when capacity was already strained by wartime coinage demands from multiple territories at once.