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1/10 Penny - George VI
| Issuer | British West Africa |
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| Year | 1952 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin, Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a bold six-pointed star (hexagram) filling the field, its two overlapping equilateral triangles rendered in incuse lines radiating from the central circular hole, which is enclosed by a raised ring. The legend BRITISH WEST AFRICA is distributed around the upper periphery, with the letters set between the points of the star and the beaded outer border. The date 1952, flanked by two raised dots, appears in the lower exergual area between the lowermost points of the hexagram. The overall design is geometric and heraldic in character, with the star serving as the principal device. |
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British West Africa's fractional coinage served four territories simultaneously — Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia — administered under a single currency board that had issued unified coinage since 1907. By 1952, George VI was already gravely ill; he died in February of that year, making this one of the final issues to bear his effigy before the series transitioned to Elizabeth II. The King never saw the coins struck.