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1 Penny - Elizabeth II Mule, George VI
| Issuer | West African Currency Board |
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| Year | 1956 |
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| Currency | Pound (1907-1968) |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORGIVS SEXTVS REX ONE PENNY H وَاحِد پَنّي |
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| Reverse lettering | BRITISH WEST AFRICA · 1956 · |
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The West African Currency Board served British colonial territories including Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia, and by 1956 most of these were accelerating toward independence. This piece is a mule — struck with mismatched dies, pairing Elizabeth II obverse and reverse elements with George VI material. The Board's London-contracted mints occasionally produced such errors during transitional die periods, and given the low survival rate of colonial bronze in tropical circulation conditions, documented examples are genuinely scarce.