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2 Emalangeni - Sobhuza II Diamond Jubilee
| Issuer | Kingdom of Swaziland (1968-2018) |
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| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Front-facing effigy of King Sobhuza II, depicted wearing traditional Swazi royal headdress adorned with a central feather plume and crossed reeds or spears at the sides, with a beaded necklace visible at the truncation. The commemorative dates 1921 and 1981 flank the portrait in the mid-field, marking the sixty-year Diamond Jubilee of his reign. The legend DIAMOND JUBILEE arcs along the upper rim, while HIS MAJESTY KING SOBHUZA II curves along the left and lower-right periphery in incuse lettering. |
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| Obverse lettering | DIAMOND JUBILEE HIS MAJESTY KING SOBHUZA II |
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Sobhuza II's Diamond Jubilee in 1981 marked 60 years on the throne — a reign that began in 1921 when he was still a minor under British colonial administration. By the time this coin was struck, he had outlasted the protectorate, negotiated independence in 1968, and in 1973 unilaterally suspended the Westminster-style constitution his own government had accepted, ruling thereafter by royal decree. No other 20th-century monarch ruled a single territory longer. He died the following year, in August 1982, making this jubilee issue effectively his last commemorative.