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1 Penny - George VI
| Issuer | West African Currency Board |
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| Year | 1952 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Arabic |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The West African Currency Board, established in 1912 to serve British colonial territories including Nigeria, the Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia, continued issuing coins in George VI's name even after his death in February 1952 — making it genuinely uncertain whether this piece was authorized before or after he died. The Board operated as a currency issuing authority entirely divorced from local governments, a structural arrangement that would become a point of contention as independence movements accelerated through the 1950s.
KM#30a distinguishes this bronze alloy from the earlier cupro-nickel issues, a composition shift driven by postwar metal economics rather than any policy preference.