Product Description
SCWPM.#P35c - TBB.#B108n
Date: 5-8-1977 - Grade: Unc - Sign.2
Original scan. - Prefix: K/143
Description: Colour: Red. Front: English text; flowers; leaves; bank logo; coat of arms. - Back: English text; Victoria Falls; trees. - Solid security thread. - Watermark: Varieties. Printer: (Reserve Bank of Rhodesia). - Size:150 x 82 mm. Material: Paper.
More info: 1970 - 1979 Dollar Issues
The Rhodesian dollar was introduced on 17 February 1970, less than a month before the declaration of the Republic of Rhodesia on 2 March 1970. It replaced the pound at a rate of 2 dollars to 1 pound. These notes are like the preceding issues, but with new currency units, the bank logo replaces the coat of arms, and the coat of arms replaces the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II
History: Rhodesia, officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979. During this fourteen-year period, Rhodesia served as the de-facto successor state to the British colony of Southern Rhodesia, and in 1980 it became modern day Zimbabwe.
Southern Rhodesia had been self-governing since achieving responsible government in 1923. A landlocked nation, Rhodesia was bordered by Botswana to the southwest, Mozambique to the east, South Africa to the south, and Zambia to the northwest. From 1965 to 1979, Rhodesia was one of two independent states on the African continent governed by a white minority of European descent and culture, the other being South Africa.
