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3 Pence - Elizabeth II 1st portrait
| Issuer | Royal Mint (London) |
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| Year | 1955-1964 |
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| In circulation to | 1 June 1965 |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a stylised flame lily (Gloriosa superba), the national flower of Rhodesia, rendered in high relief against a plain field. The date is split on either side of the stem below the floral motif, with the engraver's initials 'P.V.' for Paul Vincze appearing at the base of the stem. The upper arc bears the legend 'RHODESIA AND NYASALAND' and the lower arc reads '· THREE PENCE ·', all enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | RHODESIA AND NYASALAND 19 57 P.V. · THREE PENCE · |
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The threepenny bit in copper-nickel was a transitional awkwardness for British coinage — the denomination already had a dodecagonal brass version circulating domestically, making this round cupro-nickel piece exclusively a colonial issue, struck for territories where the brass coin had no legal tender status. By the mid-1950s that list was shrinking fast, as independence movements across British Africa and the Caribbean were dismantling the administrative structures that had created the demand in the first place. Production quietly ceased in 1964 with almost no official announcement.