2 Shillings - George VI

Descrizione del dritto	Right-facing effigy of King George VI, bare-headed, with a draped and armored bust. The legend surrounds the portrait along the rim, reading GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR, with the abbreviated title PM also present. The portrait was engraved by Percy Metcalfe in a restrained, classical style typical of mid-twentieth-century British colonial coinage. The field is plain, with the king's likeness occupying the central device.
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Descrizione del rovescio	Central device depicts a Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) standing in profile facing left, rendered in fine relief with characteristic long, swept-back horns. The denomination TWO SHILLINGS appears in the lower portion of the field, while the issuer's name SOUTHERN RHODESIA arcs along the upper periphery. The date 1947 is inscribed within the legend, and the designer's monogram KG is present, referencing engraver George Kruger Gray. The overall composition is enclosed within a beaded or plain inner border, consistent with Southern Rhodesian coinage of this period.
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Legenda del rovescio	SOUTHERN RHODESIA 1947 KG · TWO SHILLINGS ·
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