E-auction 302-221646 - fwo_521337 - BRITISH WEST AFRICA 2 Shillings Georges V / palmier 1919 Heaton

BRITISH WEST AFRICA 2 Shillings Georges V / palmier 1919 Heaton XF

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Estimate :	25 €
Price :	16 €
Maximum bid :	20 €
End of the sale :	28 January 2019 17:16:30
bidders :	7 bidders

Type : 2 Shillings Georges V / palmier

Date: 1919

Mint name / Town : Heaton

Quantity minted : 10866000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 925 ‰

Diameter : 28 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 11,24 g.

Edge : striée

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie nettoyée

Catalogue references :

KM20/13

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 / 1919.

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.

Historical background

BRITISH WEST AFRICA

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