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1 Shilling 1923, H, Mint Mark: "H" - Heaton, Birmingham [British West Africa]

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1 Shilling 1923, H, Mint Mark: "H" - Heaton, Birmingham [British West Africa]
  • Country: British West Africa
  • Shape: Round
  • Weight: 5.7 g
  • Mintage: 24,384,000 pcs.
  • Metal: Tin-Brass
  • Composition: Sn-Cu-Zn
  • Denomination: 1 shilling
  • Currency Unit: Shilling
  • Mint Mark: H
  • Orientation: Medal alignment
  • Designer: obverse: Edgar Bertram MacKennal; signature: B.M.
  • Catalog Number: KM# 12a
  • Diameter: 23.6 mm
  • Reverse
    The central part of the reverse features a relief image of a palm tree, with numbers forming the year of issue "1923" to its left and right. At the base of the palm tree is the letter "H", denoting the Heaton mint mark. Inscriptions in English follow the curve of the coin's edge: at the top, the colony's name BRITISH WEST AFRICA; at the bottom, "ONE SHILLING". The coin's edge is decorated with toothed elements.
  • Obverse
    An inscription in Latin follows the curve of the coin's edge: "GEORGIVS V D: G: BRITT: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP" - "George V, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India". The central part features the left-facing profile of King George V. The coin's edge is decorated with raised toothed elements.

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