E-auction 611-590077 - BRITISH WEST AFRICA 2 Shillings Georges V 1925 Londres
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Type : 2 Shillings Georges V
Date: 1925
Mint name / Town : Londres
Quantity minted : 3700000
Metal : brass
Diameter : 28,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,38 g.
Edge : striée
Catalogue references :
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 / TWO SHILLINGS / 1925.
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..