Four foreign coins: (a) 2.5 cm dia. Round copper coin with hole in middle. Marked: "Rhodesia and Nyasaland one penny 1957” and on the reverse ”QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND” with two elephants standing on thier hind legs below a crown. (b) 2.5 cm. dia. Copper coin marked: "Great Britain half pen…
2.5 (a,b); 2.3 (c); 2.8 (d) x 2.5 (a,b); 2.3 (c); 2.8 (d) cm
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Four foreign coins: (a) 2.5 cm dia. Round copper coin with hole in middle. Marked: "Rhodesia and Nyasaland one penny 1957” and on the reverse ”QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND” with two elephants standing on thier hind legs below a crown. (b) 2.5 cm. dia. Copper coin marked: "Great Britain half penny 1959" with a boat, and on the reverse a right facing profile of Queen Elizabeth II with “+ ELIZABETH - II - DEI - GRATIA - REGINA - F - D” around the outer edge.(c) 2.3 cm. dia. Silver coloured coin with "Great Britian one shilling 1954 FID DEF" around a crest with rampant lion topped with a crown, and on the other side a profile of Queen Elizabeth and “REGINA + ELIZABETH - II - DEI GRATIA.” (d) 2.8 cm. dia. East European silver coin with two figures on one side with “henav zwelfhvn dert jahrfeier 754 - 1954” around the edge, and the side other has design of 3 sheaves and half a gear with “henav + algetshavsen + nieder - e oberstetten + stdzenberst + vzwil + neidervzwil” around the edge.
Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 17, 1932-1933 Leave: South Africa, Rhodesia, England. Personal diary pertaining to Quetta trip, packing and hunting, travel to Karachi, Bombay. Boat to Seychelles, diagram of cabin interior. Montasa beach and yacht…
Label supplied by Provincial Archives of British Columbia: 314 Wheeler, Oliver, Vol. 17, 1932-1933 Leave: South Africa, Rhodesia, England.
Personal diary pertaining to Quetta trip, packing and hunting, travel to Karachi, Bombay. Boat to Seychelles, diagram of cabin interior. Montasa beach and yacht trip. Zanzita, rickshaws, extended ship travel and leisure, weather descriptions, customs, Rhodesia, Victoria Falls, Dinks Cataract, discussion of Dutch Africans, general observations about locals and travelled areas, malaria, Capetown, diagram of Nuijenky [?] Peak, boat trip to England, leisure in England. Extensive list of expenses.
On left side several notations of different Cine. reel contents