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1 Shilling - George VI
| Issuer | Southern Rhodesia (1932-1955) |
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| Year | 1944-1946 |
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| Composition | Silver (.500) |
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| Reverse description | Central device features the Zimbabwe Bird — the soapstone avian figure associated with the ancient ruins of Great Zimbabwe — perched upright and dividing the two-part date across the field. The denomination ONE SHILLING appears in the lower exergue, while the issuing authority SOUTHERN RHODESIA is inscribed along the upper periphery. The initials K G, referencing designer George Kruger Gray, appear within the field adjacent to the date. The overall composition is clean and heraldic in character. |
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| Mintage | 1944 - - 1,600,000 1946 - - 1,700,000 1946 - Proof - |
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Southern Rhodesia's wartime shillings were struck in .500 fine silver rather than the prewar .925 standard — a direct consequence of British Empire-wide silver rationing during the Second World War. The same reduction affected coinage across multiple territories simultaneously, including South Africa and the other British colonial issues of the period. Collectors often overlook that the alloy change was not reversed after 1945; Southern Rhodesia never returned to sterling silver for this denomination.