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2 Shillings - George VI
| Issuer | Southern Rhodesia (1932-1955) |
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| Year | 1948-1952 |
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| Weight | 11.31 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed right-facing effigy of King George VI, based on the portrait by Percy Metcalfe. The king is depicted with a draped bust truncated at the shoulder. A circular Latin legend surrounds the portrait within the field. |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a left-facing Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) in full profile, rendered in naturalistic style by George Kruger Gray. The denomination TWO SHILLINGS appears below the animal in the exergue, while the issuer name SOUTHERN RHODESIA arcs along the upper legend. The date is inscribed within the field, flanked by the engraver's initials KG. |
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| Mintage | 1948 - - 750,000 1948 - Proof - 1949 - - 2,000,000 1949 - Proof - 1950 - - 1,000,000 1950 - Proof - 1951 - - 2,600,000 1951 - Proof - 1952 - - 1,800,000 1952 - Proof - |
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