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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Cecil Rhodes
| Issuer | Southern Rhodesia (1932-1955) |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | + QUEEN·ELIZABETH·THE·SECOND M.G. |
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| Edge | Plain with incuse lettering |
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Issued to mark the centenary of Cecil Rhodes's birth, this crown appeared the same year Southern Rhodesia joined the short-lived Central African Federation alongside Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland — a political arrangement that would collapse within a decade under the weight of African nationalist opposition. Rhodes died in 1902 having never seen the territory named after him achieve even basic self-governance, yet the colonial administration was still invoking his name fifty years later as a legitimizing symbol.
The .500 fine silver content reflects postwar British Commonwealth minting economics, consistent with the reduced fineness adopted across sterling-area crowns from 1920 onward.