Southern Rhodesian pound
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{{Infobox Currency
|image_1 =
|image_title_1 =
|using_countries = [[Southern Rhodesia]]
|pegged_with = [[British pound]] at par
|subunit_ratio_1 = 1/20
|subunit_name_1 = [[shilling]]
|subunit_ratio_2 = 1/240
|subunit_name_2 = [[penny]]
|symbol = [[Pound sign|£]]
|symbol_subunit_1 = s
|symbol_subunit_2 = d
|plural =
|plural_subunit_2 = pence
|used_coins = ½, 1, 3, 6 pence, 1, 2, 2½ shillings
|used_banknotes = 10 shillings, £1, £5, £10
|obsolete_notice = Y
|}}
The '''pound''' was the currency of [[Southern Rhodesia]]. It also circulated in [[Northern Rhodesia]] and [[Nyasaland]]. The pound was subdivided into 20 ''[[shilling]]s'', each of 12 ''[[penny|pence]]''.
==History==
From 1896, private banks issued notes denominated in pounds equal to the [[British pound]]. In 1932, a distinct coinage was introduced. In 1938, the Southern Rhodesia Currency Board was established and took over the issuance of paper money the following year. Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland joined in 1953 to form the [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]], which continued to use the Southern Rhodesian pound until 1955 when coins were introduced for the [[Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound]]. 1955 also saw the Southern Rhodesia Currency Board renamed the Central Africa Currency Board. In 1956, the first paper money of the Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound was introduced, completing the transition.
==Coins==
In 1932, .925 fineness silver coins were introduced in denominations of 3 and 6 pence, 1 and 2 shillings, and ½ crown (2½ shillings). These were followed in 1934 by holed, cupro-nickel ½ and 1 penny coins. In 1942, bronze replaced cupro-nickel, whilst the silver coins were debased to .500 fineness in 1944 and replaced by cupro-nickel in 1947. Coins were issued until 1954.
==Banknotes==
In 1896, the [[Harare|Salisbury]] branch of the [[Standard Bank of South Africa]] introduced the first Southern Rhodesian banknotes, in denominations of 1 and 5 pounds. This bank later issued 10 shilling notes. The Bank of Africa, [[Barclays Bank]] and the National Bank of South Africa also issued notes. These private bank issues ended in 1938.
In 1939, the Southern Rhodesia Currency Board introduced 10 shilling, 1 and 5 pound notes, followed by 5 shilling notes between 1943 and 1948 and 10 pounds in 1953. In 1955, the Central Africa Currency Board issued notes in denominations of 10 shillings, 1, 5 and 10 pounds.
==References==
{{refbegin}}
*{{numis cite SCWC|date=1991}}
*{{numis cite SCWPM|date=1994}}
*{{numis cite SCWPM|date=1990.s}}
{{refend}}
==External links==
{{Standard numismatics external links
| world_coin_gallery_1_url = Zimbabwe
| world_coin_gallery_1_name = Southern Rhodesia
| banknote_world_1_url = rhodesia
| banknote_world_1_name = Southern Rhodesia
| dollarization_1_url = zw
| dollarization_1_name = Zimbabwe
| dollarization_2_url = mw
| dollarization_2_name = Malawi
| dollarization_3_url = zm
| dollarization_3_name = Zambia
| gfd_1_url = Zimbabwe
| gfd_1_name = Zimbabwe
| gfd_2_url = Malawi
| gfd_2_name = Malawi
| gfd_3_url = Zambia
| gfd_3_name = Zambia
| gfd_data_1_url =
| gfd_data_1_name =
| show_gfd_excel = Y
}}
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{{n-circulates|location=[[Nyasaland]]|start=[[1940]]|end=[[1953]]}}
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[[Category:Currencies of Africa]]
[[Category:Modern obsolete currencies]]
[[Category:Rhodesia]]