E-auction 341-256208 - fwo_549436 - BRITISH WEST AFRICA 1 Shilling Georges V 1917 Heaton

BRITISH WEST AFRICA 1 Shilling Georges V 1917 Heaton VF

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Estimate :	15 €
Price :	11 €
Maximum bid :	12 €
End of the sale :	28 October 2019 17:25:30
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : 1 Shilling Georges V

Date: 1917

Mint name / Town : Heaton

Quantity minted : 15018000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 925 ‰

Diameter : 23,50 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 5,61 g.

Edge : striée

Catalogue references :

KM20/12

Obverse

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

Obverse description : buste couronné à gauche du roi Georges V.

Reverse

Reverse legend : BRITISH WEST AFRICA // 19 - 17 // 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..