BRITISH WEST AFRICA 1/10 PENNY 1945 UNC KING GEORGE VI,HEXAGRAM DIVIDES DATE AT THE BOTTOM,CROWN ABOVE CENTER HOLE,DENOMINATION AROUND HOLE IN ENGLISH,IN ARABIC BENEATH,Script:Latin,Lettering:GEORGIVS REX ET IND:IMP:ONE TENTH OF A PENNY عُشِر الپَنّي
,Reverse,Hexagram divides date at bottom,Script:Latin,Lettering:BRITISH WEST AFRICA
· 1938 ·,Edge,Plain,Mints,Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975)
H Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited, United Kingdom (1850-2003)
KN Kings Norton Metal Company, Birmingham, United Kingdom (1890-1962)
WEIGHT:2.00g
SIZE:20mm
METAL:COPPER NICKEL
British West Africa was the collective name for British colonies in West Africa during the colonial period, either in the general geographical sense or the formal colonial administrative entity. ... From west to east, the colonies became the independent countries of The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Nigeria.