Shilling coin. Silver coloured metal, the obverse reads "Georgius V D.G. Britt. Omn. Rex. F.D. Ind. Imp" encircling King's head and shoulders. Reverse reads "British West Africa, one shilling", which encircles a palm tree, dated 1926. [ASh [OPS move] 16/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Shilling coin. Silver coloured metal, the obverse reads "Georgius V D.G. Britt. Omn. Rex. F.D. Ind. Imp" encircling King's head and shoulders. Reverse reads "British West Africa, one shilling", which encircles a palm tree, dated 1926. [ASh [OPS move] 16/1/2017]
Geographical reference: Cameroon
Africa > Central Africa > Cameroon; Gambia
Africa > Western Africa > Gambia; Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Ghana
Africa > Western Africa > Ghana
Person: Field collector Edward Harland Duckworth; PRM source Edward Harland Duckworth; PRM source R. Haines
Date / Period: Date made: 1926
Date collected: 1926 - 1972
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1972
Materials and processes: Material Copper Metal, Process Inscribed, Process Stamped
Dimensions: Diameter: max 23 mm, Depth: max 3 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1972.24.178
Research and responses: British West Africa is an assortment of widely separated territories in western Africa that were administered by Great Britain during the colonial period. These included Sierra Leone, the Gambia, Nigeria (with the British Cameroons), and the Gold Coast (including Gold Coast crown colony, the Asante empire, the Northern Territories, and British Togoland). [Encyclopædia Britannica Online] [CF 26/10/2000]

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