British West Africa 1925-H 1/10 penny
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British West Africa comprised Gambia, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast (now Ghana) and Nigeria. The union broke up in the late fifties as the parts were granted independence. This specimen was lot 22101 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $258.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH WEST AFRICA. 1/10 Penny, 1925-H. PCGS SP-65. Sharply struck, lightly toned and quite attractive." This is a fairly common date of a type struck 1912-36. It was struck in copper-nickel until 1950.
Recorded mintage: 12,000,000 (Heaton) + 2,400,000 (London) + 12,000,000 (King's Norton).
Specification: 1.72 g, copper-nickel, 20.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-7.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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