2 Shillings - George VI

Southern Rhodesia gained the right to issue its own coinage in 1932, following the establishment of the Currency Board — an arrangement that kept the local currency at par with sterling while allowing distinctly colonial designs. The 1937 date places this piece in the coronation year of George VI, whose accession followed his brother Edward VIII's abdication in December 1936. Edward's reign was so brief that no Southern Rhodesian coins were struck bearing his effigy, making the transition from George V directly to George VI in the local series.