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1/2 Penny - George VI
| Issuer | Southern Rhodesia Currency Board |
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| Year | 1951-1952 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination HALF PENNY is inscribed in a bold curved legend that arcs around the central circular hole, flanked by decorative scroll-work and foliate ornaments in the inner field. The territorial name SOUTHERN RHODESIA is distributed around the periphery, reading clockwise along the milled rim. The date appears at the base of the coin between two raised dots, with the year clearly struck in the lower segment of the design. A raised inner circle frames the central inscription, and the overall layout is clean and legible, consistent with British colonial minting practice. |
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Southern Rhodesia's Currency Board issued this coin during the final years before the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland absorbed the territory's monetary administration in 1953. The two-year window of 1951–1952 was effectively the last gasp of Southern Rhodesia's standalone currency arrangements under the Crown.
George VI died in February 1952, making that year's strikes among the last to carry his effigy before the series transitioned to Elizabeth II coinage.