SOUTHERN RHODESIA
    Former name of that chunk of southern east Africa now known as Zimbabwe.  A somewhat concentrated state emerged about 500 years ago, financed from the gold trade.  That state attracted traders as far away as China, and build large structures for us to appreciate.  In the late 19th century a British guy launched a private war to seize the country.  His franchise was bailed out by the British government.  Independence has been problematic so far.  Better to make one's own mistakes than to have someone else make them for you, eh?

SOUTHERN RHODESIA, halfcrown K5 1934 XF-AU $100.00
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