Palm tree dividing the date and the denomination below, along with the issuer name at the top
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
BRITISH WEST AFRICA
19 13
TWO SHILLINGS
Edge
Reeded
Mint
Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London,United Kingdom (1810-1975) H Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited),United Kingdom (1850-2003)
Mintage
1913 - - 2 100 000 1913 - Proof - 1913 H - - 1 176 000 1914 - - 330 000 1914 H - - 637 000 1915 H - - 66 000 1916 H - - 9 824 000 1917 H - - 1 059 000 1917 H - Proof - 1918 H - - 7 294 000 1919 - - 2 000 000 1919 H - - 10 866 000 1919 H - Proof - 1920 - - 683 000