Southern Rhodesia 1942 shilling

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 58425

This specimen was lot 58425 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SOUTHERN RHODESIA. Shilling, 1942. London Mint. George VI. PCGS MS-61." Rhodesia, named after diamond magnate Cecil Rhodes, was created a self-governing colony of Britain in 1923. Coinage commenced in 1932. The colony was federated with Northern Rhodesia in 1956 but is now Zimbabwe. This type was struck 1939-42 and is not common.

Recorded mintage: 2,100,000, the most common date.

Specification: 5.65 g, 0.925 fine silver, 23.6 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-18.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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