E-auction 628-620790 - BRITISH WEST AFRICA 3 Pence Georges VI 1947 Kings Norton

BRITISH WEST AFRICA 3 Pence Georges VI 1947 Kings Norton XF

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Type : 3 Pence Georges VI

Date: 1947

Mint name / Town : Kings Norton

Quantity minted : 11248000

Metal : copper nickel

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 5,03 g.

Edge : tranche de sécurité

Catalogue references :

KM20/21

Obverse

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

Obverse description : portrait couronné à gauche du roi Georges VI.

Reverse

Reverse legend : BRITISH WEST AFRICA / 3 / PENCE / KN / 1947.

Reverse description : couronne de rameaux de chêne.

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..