Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound

Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound
Central bank	Bank of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
User(s)	Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Pegged with	British pound at par
Subunit
1/20	shilling
1/240	penny
Symbol	£
shilling	s
penny	d
Plural
penny	pence
Coins	½, 1, 3, 6 pence, 1, 2, 2½ shillings
Banknotes	10 shillings, £1, £5, £10
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.

The pound was the currency of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. It was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence.

History

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. See Malawian pound, Zambian pound and Rhodesian pound.

Coins

The Federation also issued its own coinage. In 1955 a full new set of coins were issued with the Mary Gillick obverse of the Queen and various African animals on the reverse. The denominations followed those of sterling, namely halfpennies and pennies, which had a hole in them, threepences (known as tickeys), sixpences, shillings, a two shilling piece and a half crown. There were further full issues of all these coins in 1956 and 1957, but thereafter only pennies and half pennies were produced until some further issues of sixpences in 1962 and 1963, and threepences in 1963 and 1964. The higher denomination coins, though not particularly rare, are very popular with collectors because of their attractive reverse designs. Threepences and halfpennies were struck in 1964 despite the fact the Federation ended on 31 December 1963.

Standard Coinage^[1]
Image	Value	Technical parameters				Description			Date of
Image	Value	Diameter	Thickness	Mass	Composition	Edge	Obverse	Reverse	first minting	last minting
	1/2 penny	21 mm		3.0 g	Bronze	Smooth	Hole in center flanked by giraffes with crown above	Value around hole in center flanked by sprigs	1955	1964
	1 penny	27 mm		6.30 g	Bronze	Smooth	Hole in center flanked by elephants with crown above	Value around hole in center flanked by sprigs	1955	1963
	3 pence	16.3 mm		1.4 g	Copper-nickel	Reeded	Elizabeth II bust right	Flame lily divides date	1955	1964
	6 pence	19.4 mm		2.8 g	Copper-nickel	Reeded	Elizabeth II bust right	Lion standing on rock	1955	1963
	1 shilling	23.6 mm		5.7 g	Copper-nickel	Reeded	Elizabeth II bust right	Sable antelope	1955	1957
	2 shillings	28.4 mm		11.2 g	Copper-nickel	Reeded	Elizabeth II bust right	Eagle with talons in fish flanked by initials	1955	1957
	1/2 crown	32.3 mm		14.2 g	Copper-nickel	Reeded	Elizabeth II bust right	Coat of arms of Rhodesia and Nyasaland	1955	1957

Banknotes

From 1956 to 1961, the Bank of Rhodesia and Nyasaland introduced notes for 10 shillings, 1, 5 and 10 pounds.^[2]

1956-1961 Elizabeth II Issue
Image	Denomination	Obverse	Reverse
	10 shillings	Queen Elizabeth II	Zambezi River
	1 pound	Queen Elizabeth II	Great Zimbabwe ruins
	5 pounds	Queen Elizabeth II	Victoria Falls
	10 pounds	Queen Elizabeth II	Elephants

References

↑ Krause, Chester L., and Clifford Mishler (1991). Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1801–1991 (18th ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0873411501.
↑ Linzmayer, Owen (2012). "Rhodesia and Nyasaland". The Banknote Book. San Francisco, CA: www.BanknoteNews.com.

Pick, Albert (1994). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: General Issues. Colin R. Bruce II and Neil Shafer (editors) (7th ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-207-9.

External links

Rhodesian Currency

Preceded by: Southern Rhodesian pound Reason: creation of federation Ratio: at par	Currency of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1956 – 1964	Succeeded by: Malawian pound Location: Malawi (formerly Nyasaland) Reason: independence Ratio: at par
		Succeeded by: Rhodesian pound Location: Rhodesia (formerly Southern Rhodesia) Reason: federation break-up Ratio: at par
		Succeeded by: Zambian pound Location: Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia) Reason: independence Ratio: at par

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