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| Rhodesia and Nyasaland Pound, Queen Elizabeth |
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| Rhodesia and Nyasaland one Pound banknote |
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Obverse: Portrait of Queen Elizabeth, from a photograph taken by Dorothy Wilding during a single portrait sitting shortly after Elizabeth became monarch. The Queen is wearing the George IV State Diadem, created for the coronation of George IV in 1820. Coat of arms of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland at upper center. Leopard at lower left. Salisbury (Harare)
Reverse: Great Zimbabwe Ruins – a Stone Age city built south of present-day Fort Victoria (Masvingo).
Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, New Malden in Surrey, England.
The Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound was the currency of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence.
From 1956 to 1961, the Bank of Rhodesia and Nyasaland introduced notes for 10 shillings, 1, 5 and 10 pounds.
The Federation was formed in 1953, and the new currency was created in 1955 to replace the Southern Rhodesian pound which had been circulating in all parts of the federation (Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland). The Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound replaced the Southern Rhodesian pound at par and was pegged at par to the British pound.
The Federation broke up at the end of 1963 and the three territories reverted to being separate British colonies. In the second half of 1964, Nyasaland became independent as Malawi, Northern Rhodesia became independent as Zambia, and Southern Rhodesia declared a name change to Rhodesia. Each issued their own pounds, at par with the Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound.