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1 Shilling - George VI Trial Strike

Issuer Royal Mint (for British West Africa)
Year 1952
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Obverse description Bare-headed effigy of King George VI facing left, modelled by Thomas Humphrey Paget, whose initials 'HP' appear below the truncation. The king wears an Imperial State Crown with fleurs-de-lis and arched bands. The word TRIAL is incused in the left field. The circular legend reads GEORGIVS VI DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: interrupted by the portrait, with a beaded border running along the coin's periphery.
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Obverse lettering GEORGIVS VI DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: TRIAL
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Reverse script Latin
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