Catalog
1 Penny - Edward VII
| Issuer | British West Africa |
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| Year | 1907-1910 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | Central round hole surrounded by a crown above, with the denomination legend inscribed around the hole. The legend reads in English along the upper arc and in Arabic script along the lower arc. The royal title appears in the outer field, with a beaded border encircling the entire design. |
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| Obverse lettering | EDWARD VII KING & EMPEROR ONE PENNY وَاحِد پَنّي |
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British West Africa's coinage was administered through the West African Currency Board, established in 1912 — which creates an immediate problem with these dates, since the Board did not yet exist when this coin was struck. Issues from 1907–1910 were produced under an earlier arrangement through the Bank of British West Africa, a private institution granted limited monetary authority across the four territories of Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, and Gambia before unified colonial currency infrastructure existed.
Minted at the Royal Mint, London, with some output contracted to Heaton's in Birmingham.