E-auction 315-233227 - fwo_531825 - BRITISH WEST AFRICA 6 Pence Georges V 1914 Heaton

BRITISH WEST AFRICA 6 Pence Georges V 1914 Heaton XF

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Estimate :	30 €
Price :	18 €
Maximum bid :	20 €
End of the sale :	29 April 2019 17:27:00
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : 6 Pence Georges V

Date: 1914

Mint name / Town : Heaton

Quantity minted : 952000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 925 ‰

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 2,8 g.

Edge : striée

Catalogue references :

KM20/11

Obverse

Obverse legend : GEORGIVS V D. G. BRITT: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP:.

Obverse description : Buste décoré et couronné de Georges V à gauche.

Reverse

Reverse legend : BRITISH WEST AFRICA / 6 PENCE / 1914.

Reverse description : au centre d’une couronne végétale fermée.

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.