Coin catalog : Coin › 3 Pence

Country:: British West Africa
Series:: 1936~1952 - George VI
Catalog codes:: VisitColnectCom
Themes:: Crowns and Coronets | Emperors | Kings | Wreaths
Issued on:: 1938
Last issue date:: 1947
Distribution:: Standard Circulation
Mints:: Birmingham Mint, Birmingham, Great Britain | Heaton Mint, Ralph Heaton & Sons, Birmingham, Great Britain | Royal Mint, Tower Hill Site, London, Great Britain (1809-1967)
Composition:: Copper-Nickel
Edge:: Security
Orientation:: Medal alignment ↑O↑
Shape:: Circular
Rim:: Raised. Gladiform. Both sides
Weight:: 5.2 grams
Diameter:: 21.45 mm
Thickness:: 2.16 mm
Face value:: 3 d - British West African penny
Known mintage:: 116,828,000
Composition Details:: 75% copper, 25% nickel75% copper, 25% nickel
Score:: 37% Accuracy: Very High
Description:: Front: (value) 3 PENCE inside a closed circular wreath
mintmark: (below knot wreath)
none: (London Mint, London, UK)
H (Heaton Mint, Birmingham, UK)
KN (King's Norton, Birmingham, UK)
legend: (colony name) BRITISH WEST AFRICA
(bottom, year) 1938 until 1941, 1943 until 1947
Back: Crowned head king George VI (left, 1936-1952)
designer: (below truncation) PM (Percy Metcalfe, Artist, 1895-1970)
legend: (ruler in Latin) GEORGIVS VI D•G•BRITT•OMN•REX F•D•IND•IMP:
(transliteration: George VI Dei Gratia Brittaniae Omnium Fidei Defensor Indiae Imperator,
translation: George VI by the Grace of God king of all British,
Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India)
(bottom, spacers/dots) •

Formerly known as: y25
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VariantYearMint markNoteMintage

1938HProofUnknown
1938H7,000,000
1938KNProofUnknown
1938KN9,056,000
1939HProofUnknown
1939H16,500,000
1939KNProofUnknown
1939KN15,500,000
1940H3,862,000
1940KN10,000,000
1941H5,032,000
1943H5,106,000
1943KN9,502,000
1944KN2,536,000
1945H998,000
1945KN3,000,000
1946KN7,488,000
1947H10,000,000
1947KN11,248,000