Northern Rhodesia: Rhodes Centenary Games at Nkana
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Form:
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Circular with attached loop for ring
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By:
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Date:
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1953 |
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Ref:
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Laidlaw: 1195;
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Variations:
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| Size | Metal | Mass | Value |
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| 25.3 mm | Copper | 7.5 gm | $15 |
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Edge:
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Plain.
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Obverse:
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Bareheaded bust of Cecil Rhodes, front, wearing jacket and tie. Accross on left: "1853" amd on right: "1953".
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Reverse:
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Across: "RHODES. / CENTENARY / GAMES". Legend above: "NORTHERN RHODESIA" and below: "NKANA 1953".
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Notes:
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Nkana is a small town in Zambia, previously Northern Rhodesia, near Kitwe. Copper was discovered in Northern Rhodesia in the late 1920s in an area that came to be known as the Copperbelt. A period of rapid expansion followed as mines became operational and smelting and refining plants were established. A railway line, passing through Nkana, was built to bring the copper down to South Africa.
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