fwo_969577 - BRITISH WEST AFRICA 1/2 Penny Georges VI 1949 Heaton - H
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Price : 20.00 €
Type : 1/2 Penny Georges VI
Date: 1949
Mint name / Town : Heaton - H
Quantity minted : 5909000
Metal : copper nickel
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,71 g.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX // ONE HALFPENNY // H // نُصْف پَنّي.
Obverse description : Couronne.
Reverse
Reverse legend : BRITISH WEST AFRICA // · 1949 ·.
Reverse description : étoile à six branches.
Commentary
Introduite en 1907, la Livre Ouest-Africaine circulait dans les colonies britanniques de l’Afrique de l’ouest : Nigeria, Gambie, Côte de l’Or (Ghana) et Sierra Leone. Elle était égale à la Livre Sterling et a circulé jusqu’en 1958 au Ghana et 1968 en Gambie..
Introduced in 1907, the West African Pound circulated in the British colonies of West Africa: Nigeria, Gambia, the Gold Coast (Ghana), and Sierra Leone. It was equal to the British pound and circulated until 1958 in Ghana and 1968 in Gambia.
Introduced in 1907, the West African Pound circulated in the British colonies of West Africa: Nigeria, Gambia, the Gold Coast (Ghana), and Sierra Leone. It was equal to the British pound and circulated until 1958 in Ghana and 1968 in Gambia.