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[[Image:SB821-45624o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 45624]]
[[Image:SB821-45624r.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC]]

This specimen was lot 45624 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $900. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "RHODESIA. Pound, 1966. NGC PROOF-67. A brilliant Proof with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices." This gold ten shillings, minted to the standard of a half sovereign, was issued by the white supremacist government of [[Rhodesia]] soon after it declared independence from Britain. It seems unlikely that the regime was authorized to use the queen's portrait under such circumstances but the coins may already have been minted and shipped when the break occurred. 

''Recorded mintage:'' 5,000 proofs. 

''Specification:'' 7.99 g, 0.917 fine gold. 

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-2; KM-6. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

''Link to:''
* [[Rhodesia 1964 6 pence|1964 sixpence/5 cents]]
* [[Rhodesia 1966 10 shillings]]
* [[Rhodesia 1966 5 pounds|1966 5 pounds]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1966]]

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