Coins of the Rhodesian dollar Coins of the Rhodesian dollar The coins of the Rhodesian dollar were part of the physical form of Rhodesia's historical currency, the Rhodesian dollar. (click for obverse image) (click for reverse image) In late 1969 Rhodesian voters agreed to adopt a new constitution which would establish a republic. On February 17, 1970, Rhodesia changed over to decimal currency. The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland halfpenny and penny were withdrawn from circulation and replaced with the cent coin, 1 cent coin (click for image) (their values were not exactly equal) and a cent (3d) "tickey". The new coins depicted the Rhodesian
Decimal time such as 8 h. 72 m. Sometimes in official records, decimal hours were divided into tenths, or "décimes", instead of minutes. Although clocks and watches were produced with faces showing both standard time with numbers 1–24 and decimal time with numbers 1–10, decimal time never caught on; it was not officially used until the beginning of the Republican year III, 22 September 1794, and mandatory use was suspended 7 April 1795 (18 Germinal of the Year III), in the same law which introduced the original metric system. Thus, although decimal time is sometimes referred to as metric time, the metric