I'm looking to some superiors to shed some light on this matter for me I can't understand why there was a 1/2 and 6d dated 1964 when the federation broke up on the 31-12-63 ? It's something that's killing me lol
I would "guess" the had them prestruck for the next year. Were these circulating coins or collector only issues?
I know that in 1963 they accidentally released 4k into circulation as it had been agreed the fed would break up I assume these were 1964 dated "/ I have the 3d and I'm getting a 1/2 of this date as I just think there cool to have as part of my coin set for r&n, although there never was a coin set for this year !
The Federation of Nyasaland and Rhodesia was formed in 1953 from the three separate territories of Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. In late 1963 the federation came to an end and the three territories became; Malawi (Nyasaland), Zambia (Northern Rhodesia) and Rhodesia (Southern Rhodesia). As you may well know, coins are usually minted the year before the date marked on the coin itself, so the 1964 coins were minted in 1963 and released after the second half of 1963. Though the federation had broken up some of the 1964 coins still circulated until official releases for each country were issued. Not many though, about four to five thousand, I believe, leaving many uncirculated coins. These 1964 issues found their way into cheap African or world coin sets that were sold in the '70 and 80's.
I have a 1/2 penny and sixpence they were the only issued of that year, this year in the UK is the first I have noticed coins of the right year being iny change, normally I would get bunc coins straight from the mint featuring the year before so I got bu 2009 coins in 2010 which I find odd "/ I cannot understand why rhodesia and Nyasaland is so hard to collect I'm having serious issues finding a shilling at a reasonable price even though its not a precious metal "/
The higher values (1 & 2 Shillings and 1/2 crowns) were only minted for a few years and have an aesthetic appeal in general. Krause has them a little under and over valued depending of course on year and mintage, yet eBay sellers have them way over priced on all issues and mintages. I would say you are well met at $5 ~$10 USD for an UNC 1 Shilling, $10 ~$20 USD for a UNC 2 Shilling and $20 ~$30 USD for a UNC 1/2 Crown (excluding the 1956 issue). For circulating coinage, I personally wouldn't pay more than the following: 1 Shilling $.50 ~$1.00, 2 Shilling $1.00 ~$3.00 and the 1/2 Crown $3 ~$5.00
yeah i hold out for better prices, i only need the shilling now, maybe ill pick one up in febuary at the london coin show
