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1 Penny - George VI East Africa Planchet
| Uitgever | British West Africa |
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| Jaar | 1937 |
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| Valuta | Pound (1907-1968) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | A crown is depicted above the central circular hole, which is surrounded by the denomination legend in English along the upper arc and in Arabic script along the lower arc of the hole. The royal legend GEORGIVS VI REX ET IND : IMP : arcs around the upper periphery of the coin, with the denomination ONE PENNY rendered in both Latin and Arabic characters encircling the central perforation. The design is executed in a clean, restrained style consistent with British colonial coinage of the period. |
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| Schrift keerzijde | Latin |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
This piece is a pattern or proof struck on an East Africa planchet rather than the standard West Africa flan — the distinction matters because the two colonial series ran on separate procurement and minting contracts, with East and West African coinage produced under different specifications despite both falling under British colonial administration. The heavier, slightly different flan would have altered the coin's feel and behavior in circulation, which is presumably why this combination never advanced beyond trial use. 1937 was George VI's accession year, making pattern coinage from that year particularly dense.