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3 Pence - George V Obverse Trial
| Issuer | British West Africa |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing crowned effigy of King George V, depicted with a short beard and wearing imperial robes with visible decorative detail at the shoulder. The portrait is rendered in high relief in the style associated with the Royal Mint's colonial coinage dies of the period. A circular legend in Latin surrounds the effigy, reading GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT: OMN: REX F.D. IND: IMP:, punctuated by dots and colons. The rim is defined by a fine inner dentilated border. This is an obverse trial piece, struck to test the die on a tin brass planchet, with the reverse intentionally left blank. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely blank, consisting of a plain, unadorned field with no design, legend, or devices of any kind. This is consistent with the nature of this piece as an obverse trial strike, produced solely to evaluate the obverse die. The surface shows the texture of a struck but undesigned planchet, confirming its status as a uniface trial. |
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