Front: Circular cameo of Cecil John Rhodes
7th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (1890-1896)
* 5 July 1853, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
never married
†26 March 1902 (aged 48) Muizenberg, Cape Colony (now South Africa)
buried: World's View, Matopos Hills, Southern Rhodesia
(current: Zimbabwe)
above escutcheons of the colonies:
(left) Northern Rhodesia (1924-1964)
(middle) Southern Rhodesia (1923-1965/80)
(right) Nyasaland Protectorate (1907-1964)
in front of wreath with texted ribbon
legend: (above, colony name) SOUTHERN RHODESIA
(low-left/right, spacers/dots) •
(lower-left, value) CROWN
(lower-right, year) 1953
Back: Laureate head queen Elizabeth II (right, 1952-1955)
queen of Great Britain, Canada, Australia etc.
designer: Mary Gillick (sculptor, 1881-1965)
legend: (ruler) QUEEN•ELIZABETH•THE•SECOND
(left, spacer/cross) +
Edge: PIT / PrT – Plain with incuse/raised text:
1853 OUT OF VISION CAME REALITY 1953
