1 Penny - George VI Brass Pattern

By 1952, British West Africa as a monetary union was already living on borrowed time — Ghana's independence was five years away, and the West African Currency Board's days were numbered. This brass pattern was struck as a compositional trial, likely exploring alternatives to the existing bronze as postwar metal markets fluctuated. It never reached circulation.

Pattern pieces from the Currency Board issues are poorly documented in surviving mint records, making definitive attribution of striking quantity nearly impossible.