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1 Shilling Bf 109 Messerschmitt
| Issuer | Zimbabwe › Zimbabwe (1980-date) |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Diameter | 24.0 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The colourised reverse depicts a Messerschmitt Bf 109 German single-seat fighter aircraft in flight, rendered in full colour with a distinctive yellow engine cowling, camouflage green fuselage, and Luftwaffe Balkenkreuz markings visible on the fuselage. The aircraft is shown in a three-quarter profile view banking across a teal field suggestive of sky. The legend 'GERMAN FIGHTER' arches along the upper rim, with the aircraft designation 'Bf 109 Messerschmitt' inscribed prominently in the upper field. The service date range '1937-1945' appears in the lower field, and the inscription 'THE BEST MILITARY AIRCRAFTS' curves along the lower rim. |
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Zimbabwe's "Shilling" denomination has no organic connection to the country's monetary history — this is a privately contracted commemorative issue, produced for the collector market rather than circulation, using a denomination borrowed from colonial British East Africa. The Bf 109 subject is similarly disconnected from any Zimbabwean historical narrative. These pieces were struck by a European mint on behalf of a licensing intermediary, with Zimbabwe's issuing authority providing little more than nominal sovereign endorsement in exchange for licensing fees.