E-auction 672-706826 - BRITISH WEST AFRICA 1 Penny Elisabeth II 1956 Kings Norton - KN

BRITISH WEST AFRICA 1 Penny Elisabeth II 1956 Kings Norton - KN MS

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Type : 1 Penny Elisabeth II

Date: 1956

Mint name / Town : Kings Norton - KN

Quantity minted : 13503000

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 30,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 9,;46 g.

Edge : lisse

Catalogue references :

KM20/33

Obverse

Obverse legend : QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND / ONE PENNY (LÉGENDE EN ARABE).

Obverse description : couronne et motifs végétaux.

Reverse

Reverse legend : BRITISH WEST AFRICA // . 1956 ..

Reverse description : étoile.

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.