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6 Pence - Elizabeth II 1st portrait
| Issuer | Rhodesia and Nyasaland |
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| Year | 1955-1963 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Youthful laureate effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, modelled by Mary Gillick, with hair elegantly arranged and adorned with a wreath of laurel. The truncation of the bare-shouldered bust is visible at the lower field. A circular legend runs around the periphery, interrupted by a small cross at the left, with the engraver's initials 'M·G·' appearing at the truncation. The whole is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | + QUEEN · ELIZABETH · THE · SECOND M·G· |
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Rhodesia and Nyasaland existed as a Central African Federation for only a decade — formed in 1953 over the objections of African nationalist movements in all three constituent territories, and dissolved in 1963 as Britain wound down its federation experiment under mounting political pressure. Coins were struck for this short-lived entity throughout the series run, making the entire coinage effectively a closed set from the outset.
The federation never survived long enough to see a second royal portrait cycle. When Elizabeth II's effigy was updated across Commonwealth coinages in the early 1960s, Rhodesia and Nyasaland had already ceased to exist as an issuing authority.