E-auction 672-706915 - BRITISH WEST AFRICA 1 Shilling Georges V 1920 Kings Norton

BRITISH WEST AFRICA 1 Shilling Georges V 1920 Kings Norton VF

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Type : 1 Shilling Georges V

Date: 1920

Mint name / Town : Kings Norton

Quantity minted : 38800000

Metal : brass

Diameter : 28 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 5,70 g.

Edge : striée

Catalogue references :

KM20/12a

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 / ONE SHILLING / 1920.

Reverse description : Palmier au centre.

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.