1949 Southern Rhodesia 3 Pence Crown Colony Coin - AU Condition - Rhodesia Three Pence Coin 1949 UK Issue

Southern Rhodesia was a landlocked, self-governing British Crown colony in Southern Africa, established in 1923 and consisting of British South Africa Company (BSAC) territories lying south of the Zambezi River. The region was informally known as South Zambesia until annexation by Britain, at the behest of Cecil Rhodes's British South Africa Company (for whom the colony was named). The bounding territories were Bechuanaland (Botswana), Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), Portuguese Mozambique (Mozambique) and the Transvaal Republic (for two brief periods known as the British Transvaal Colony; from 1910, the Union of South Africa and, from 1961, the Republic of South Africa).

Issuer    Zimbabwe › Southern Rhodesia (1932-1955) 
King    George VI (1936-1952)
Type    Standard circulation coins
Years    1948-1952
Value    3 Pence (1⁄80)
Currency    Pound (1932-1955)
Composition    Copper-nickel
Weight    1.41 g
Diameter    16 mm
Thickness    0.85 mm
Shape    Round
Technique    Milled