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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Noah Worke, post: 25304084, member: 115032&quot;]So lately I&#039;ve been studying the history of Rhodesia (reading Wikipedia) and I found it quite fascinating. Now I&#039;m not going to get into the politics as they could get contentious, but regardless of how you feel, its history is fascinating. I&#039;ve been watching videos on YouTube by John Edmond, a former &quot;troopie&quot; and musician and I&#039;ve started to wonder about their coinage. First of all, the coinage likely looked like most colonial coinage from 1893-UDI, but after UDI it gets interesting. Rhodesia was cut off from the rest of the world, and despite their efforts succumbed to the communist forces and Mugabe succeded Ian Smith. I say succeeded, but it was a completely different office as he was now in charge of Zimbabwe and not Rhodesia. This in-between period had some very unique coinage. It seems that they issued gold coins to commemorate UDI with very Rhodesian designs, though I haven&#039;t seen many, if I ever have the budget these coins will receive a place of honor in my collection. Now reading this, I&#039;m sure you&#039;re wondering when I&#039;ll end up sharing images of my Rhodesian coins. Well, unfortunately, I have none. While my budget is tight, I satiate my desire for coin knowledge by learning as much as possible about obscure and potentially contentious historical topics. Of course, I always try to tie it into my numismatic hobby. Now that I think about it, I might have some depending on how valuable their coins are. I received a &quot;grab bag&quot; of world coins as a gift a few years ago, and while I didn&#039;t document them I did notice some African nations like Lesotho and countries that no longer exist like Yugoslavia, so maybe I&#039;ve got some coins that complete that Venn diagram. The country has a fascinating history and I would encourage you to read up on it, and maybe give &quot;Troopiesongs&quot; a listen. To end, if you have any Rhodesian coins, history, or Rhodesian memorabilia in general, I would love to see it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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