British West Africa 1952 1/2 penny

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 22216

This specimen was lot 22216 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $264. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRITISH WEST AFRICA. 1/2 Penny, 1952. NGC PROOF-65 RB. Possessing impressive reflective gloss in the fields with surfaces that appear to be rather high end for the assigned grade. Ex: David Vice Collection. Ex: King's Norton Mint Collection." 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. Half pennies were issued for British West Africa 1911-52 and this type ended the series.

Recorded mintage: 11,332,000 plus 27,603,000 (1952-H) plus 4,800,000 (1952-KN).

Specification: 5.60 g, bronze, 25.9 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-27a.

Source:

• 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 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

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