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| 表面の説明 | Bare-headed right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, modelled by Mary Gillick, occupying the central field with a truncated draped bust. The queen's hair is elegantly styled and bound with a laurel sprig, rendered with fine sculptural detail characteristic of Gillick's early Elizabethan portrait. A circular legend reading '+ QUEEN·ELIZABETH·THE·SECOND' runs along the periphery, separated from the effigy by a continuous inner beaded border. The field is mirror-like in this proof striking, providing strong contrast to the frosted portrait. No designer's initials appear on the obverse. |
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| 鋳造数 | 1955 - Proof - 2,000 |
| 追加情報 |
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was a short-lived political experiment — formed in 1953 over the vociferous objections of Black African leaders who correctly predicted it would entrench white minority political dominance. This proof issue appeared just two years into the federation's existence, at a moment when British officials still believed the arrangement viable. The federation collapsed in 1963, leaving behind a remarkably brief coinage series.
The .500 silver proof strikes of 1955 were produced in small numbers for collectors, as circulation pieces of this denomination used the same alloy — a reduced silver standard already in effect across much of British colonial coinage by that point.