British West Africa 1957-KN penny
This specimen was lot 73447 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH WEST AFRICA. Penny, 1957-KN. Kings Norton Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-66 Red Gold Shield. This dazzling, fully red Gem will assuredly excite the eye and presents cartwheel brilliance radiating throughout. Quite unsurprisingly, it is exceeded in the PCGS census by just one example. Ex: Kings 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. Sterling coinage is now obsolete. This type was struck 1956-58.
Recorded mintage: 9,000,000 (London) + 5,340,000 (Heaton) + 5,600,000 (King's Norton).
Specification: bronze, 30.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-33.
- 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, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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