Rhodesia (Southern, Zimbabwe) Half Penny and Penny 1934 to 1954

Zimbabwe in Africa was a British colony until recently. It was called 'Southern Rhodesia' until 1965. The British coinage from 1934 to 1954 bears the name of monarchs George VI and Elizabeth I. There are a few dates minted in bronze. Most are minted in copper-nickel. Values are the same regardless of metallic composition.

Collectors like these coins because they come from a place most people have not heard of. Typical catalog values run like this:

HALF PENNY
worn: $1 US dollar approximate catalog value
average circulated: $2
well preserved: $4
fully uncirculated: $20
1934, 1939 and 1954 are the 'better date' half pennies, worth about twice these values

PENNY
worn: $1 US dollar approximate catalog value
average circulated: $2
well preserved: $6
fully uncirculated: $25
1935, 1942 and 1954 are the 'better date' pennies, worth about twice these values

Use our Important Terminology page to understand how these catalog values relate to actual buy and sell values.
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Coin: 11806, Genre: Colonizers and Colonies, Timeline: World
Created (yyyymm): 201206, Last review: 201509
Appearance: Round hole at center Metallic brown Metallic gray Letters: Latin
Years: sort: 1934, filter: 1934 to 1954
Image: rhodesia_southern_penny_1940.jpg
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