British West Africa 1936 3 pence

Stack's Bowers May 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 74379

This specimen was lot 74379 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $960. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRITISH WEST AFRICA. 3 Pence, 1936. George V. PCGS MS-65." This type was struck 1920, 1925-28, 1933-36 in substantial numbers and is scarce only in top condition. British West Africa was a currency union of Nigeria, the Gold Coast (now Ghana), Sierra Leone and the Gambia, in effect 1912-65.

Recorded mintage: 17,160,000 plus proofs plus 1,000,000 from the Heaton mint plus 2,037,999 from the King's Norton mint.

Specification: 1.41 g, tin-brass (79%Cu-20%Zn-1%Sn), 16.3 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-10b.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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