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Rhodesia changed over to decimal
currency in the seventies.. The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland halfpenny and penny were
withdrawn from circulation and replaced with the ½ cent coin, 1 cent coin depicting the Rhodesian coat of arms on the obverse instead of Queen
Elizabeth II's portrait. The sixties coinage issue remained in circulation.
In the seventies a new cupronickel five cent coin was issued.with Rhodesian coat
of arms alone on the obverse,
In the seventies a new ten cent and 25 cent piece appeared followed by a
A new 20 cent coin in 1975 ,The last Rhodesian coins were struck in 1977. The 1977 ½ cent coin is extremely
rare with 10 pieces known.
Following independence under majority rule in 1980 as Zimbabwe, the Rhodesian
dollar was withdrawn in late 1980 and replaced by the Zimbabwean dollar.
In the eighties, zimbabwean coins were introduced in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents and
1 dollar. Some struck in bronze, others struck in
cupro-nickel. Replaced later on by bronze-plated steel instead of bronze. A 2 dollar coin was
introduced in 1997. In 2001, nickel-plated steel replaced cupro-nickel in the
10, 20 and 50 cents and 1 dollar, and a bimetallic 5 dollar coin was introduced.
but, due to their minuscule value, they
function only as gambling tokens .
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