E-auction 546-471909 - fwo_866704 - BRITISH WEST AFRICA 1 Shilling Georges VI 1943 Londres

BRITISH WEST AFRICA 1 Shilling Georges VI 1943 Londres VF

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Estimate :	5 €
Price :	5 €
Maximum bid :	6 €
End of the sale :	02 October 2023 18:08:40
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : 1 Shilling Georges VI

Date: 1943

Mint name / Town : Londres

Quantity minted : 133600000

Metal : nickel-brass

Diameter : 23,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 5,55 g.

Edge : tranche de sécurité

Catalogue references :

KM20/23

Obverse

Obverse legend : :GEORGIVS VI D·G·BRITT·OMN·REX F·D·IND·IMP // M.

Obverse description : Portrait couronné à gauche du roi Georges VI.

Reverse

Reverse legend : BRITISH WEST AFRICA // 19-43 // ONE SHILLING.

Reverse description : Palmier.

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..