E-auction 503-414329 - fwo_791308 - BRITISH WEST AFRICA 1/2 Penny Georges VI 1949 Heaton - H

BRITISH WEST AFRICA 1/2 Penny Georges VI 1949 Heaton - H XF

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Estimate :	5 €
Price :	5 €
Maximum bid :	5 €
End of the sale :	05 December 2022 18:16:30
bidders :	3 bidders

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 : 5,61 g.

Edge : lisse

Catalogue references :

KM20/27

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..