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6 Pence - George VI
| Issuer | West African Currency Board |
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| Year | 1938-1947 |
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| Diameter | 19.5 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | :GEORGIVS VI D·G·BRITT·OMN·REX F·D·IND·IMP |
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| Mintage | 1938 - - 12,144,000 1938 - Proof - 1940 - - 17,829,000 1940 - Proof - 1942 - - 1,600,000 1943 - - 10,586,000 1944 - - 1,814,000 1945 - - 4,000,000 1945 - Proof - 1946 - - 4,000,000 1946 - Proof - 1947 - - 6,120,000 1947 - Proof - |
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The West African Currency Board, established in 1912 to serve British colonies including Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, and the Gambia, switched this denomination from silver to nickel brass beginning with the 1938 series — a pragmatic response to wartime metal priorities that would ultimately become permanent. The board never granted individual colonies independent monetary control; all currency decisions ran through London, a centralization that became a recurring grievance in the years leading to independence.