April 12, 2024
British West Africa Edward VII 1 Penny 1908 FDC (Mint)
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Exceptional and rare copper-nickel coin ( 9.5 Grs. - 31 m/m ) struck within a small set (1907-1910) at Heaton (Birmingham) Mint, though unmarked. Another large set was minted from 1912 to 1936. British West Africa was an administrative grouping of the four former British West Africa colonies of Gambia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Gold Coast (now Gambia).Through the subsidiary efforts of the Governor of Lagos, Nigeria a specific British West African coinage was put into use between 1907 to 1911. These coins bear the arab inscriptions, and British West Africa. All are now independent republics and Members of the British Commonwealth of Nations. The Bank of British West Africa became the Banker to the Colonial Government in 1894 and held this status until 1912. As such they were responsible for maintaining a proper supply of silver coinage for silver coinage for the colonies. The four colonies were supplied with a common coinage and banknotes by the West African Currency Board from 1912 through 1958. This coinage bore the inscription British West Africa. British ruled up to 1958.
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