3 Pence - Elizabeth II 1st portrait, Silver Proof

Rhodesia and Nyasaland existed as a Central African Federation for only a decade, from 1953 to 1963, before nationalist pressures and the irreconcilable differences between its constituent territories — Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland — forced its dissolution. The federation's coinage was struck at the Royal Mint, and the 1955 proof issues represent some of the earliest dedicated numismatic output for the short-lived entity. Nyasaland's eventual independence in 1964 as Malawi effectively closed the chapter on any unified monetary identity this federation might have developed.