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5 Cents
| Issuer | Rhodesia (1964-1979) |
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| Year | 1975-1977 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | SIT NOMINE DIGNA T.S. RHODESIA |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Rhodesia struck these coins under the illegal regime of Ian Smith's government, which had issued a Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain in November 1965. By 1975, the country was operating under comprehensive international sanctions, yet the mint at Pretoria continued to produce Rhodesian coinage — South Africa quietly providing the infrastructure that kept the monetary system functioning despite official condemnation from Pretoria's own trading partners.
The Bush War was escalating sharply across these issue years, with ZANLA and ZIPRA operations intensifying through 1976–77. Coins from this window circulated into a wartime economy that would collapse entirely within two years of the last striking date.