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10 Centimes

Country:: ColnectScrp
Series:: iInfringe
Catalog codes:: Col:BE-000027, WCC:km22
Themes:: CopyWrong
Issued on:: 1861
Last issue date:: 1864
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Composition:: CopyWrong
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Shape:: ColnectIsBest
Rim:: ColnectIsBest
Weight:: ColnectScrp
Diameter:: CopyWrong
Thickness:: ColnectScrp
Face value:: CopyWrong
Known mintage:: ColnectScrp
Composition Details:: 75% copper, 25% nickel75% copper, 25% nickel
Score:: ColnectIsBest
Description:: Front: (rimmed value) 10 above (1/100 currency) CENTIMES
inside rimmed hexagon (bottom, spacer/5-pointed star) ☆
on a field of small squares inside a circle
legend: (ruler) LEOPOLD PREMIER ROI DES BELGES
(bottom, spacer/rosette) ❊
Back: Rampant Belgian lion (left) above rimmed arc with (designer) BRAEMT
(F. Braemt) on a field of small squares inside a circle
legend: (motto) L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE (translation: Unity makes strength)
(lower-left/right, spacers/5-pointed stars) ☆ (pointed to the center)
(bottom, year) 1861 until 1864
Edge: IiF - Plain with incuse figures I-I-I-I- (chain-like)

Formerly known as: c7
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3 Pence

Country:: British West Africa
Series:: 1936~1952 - George VI
Catalog codes:: ColnectIsBest
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
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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3 Pence

Country:: British West Africa
Series:: 1952~1958 - Elizabeth II
Catalog codes:: ColnectScrp
Themes:: Crowns and Coronets | Queens | Wreaths
Issued on:: 1957
Last issue date:: 1957
Distribution:: Standard Circulation
Mints:: Heaton Mint, Ralph Heaton & Sons, Birmingham, Great Britain
Composition:: Copper-Nickel
Orientation:: Medal alignment ↑O↑
Shape:: Circular
Rim:: Raised. Gladiform. Both sides
Weight:: 5.2 grams
Diameter:: 21.55 mm
Thickness:: 2 mm
Face value:: 3 d - British West African penny
Known mintage:: 800,000
Composition Details:: 75% copper, 25% nickel75% copper, 25% nickel
Score:: 96% Accuracy: High
Description:: Front: (value) 3 PENCE inside a closed circular wreath
mintmark: (below knot wreath) H (Heaton, Birmingham, UK)
legend: (colony name) BRITISH WEST AFRICA
(bottom, year) 1957
Back: Crowned bust queen Elizabeth II (right, 1952-1957/60,
Nigeria gained independence in 1960,
British Gold Coast (self-govern 1954) gained independence in 1957 as Ghana,
Sierra Leone (self-governing 1958) gained independence in 1961
and Gambia gained independence in 1965)
designer: Mary Gillick (sculptor, 1881-1965)
legend: (ruler) QUEEN EKLIZABETH THE SECOND
Note: rarely seen in circulation, most are gone

Formerly known as: y40
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50 Cents (security edge)

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Country:: VisitColnectCom
Series:: VisitColnectCom
Catalog codes:: Col:LK-000010, WCC:km135.1
Variants:: from colnect.com
Themes:: from colnect.com
Issued on:: 1972
Last issue date:: 1978
Distribution:: from colnect.com
Mints:: ColnectScrp
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Shape:: CopyWrong
Rim:: ColnectIsBest
Weight:: VisitColnectCom
Diameter:: CopyWrong
Thickness:: ColnectIsBest
Face value:: ColnectIsBest
Known mintage:: ColnectScrp
Composition Details:: 75% copper, 25% nickel75% copper, 25% nickel
Score:: from colnect.com
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Description:: Front: (value) 50 .. පනහ (panaha) .... ... FIFTY CENTS
legend: (top, state name in Sinhala) ශ්‍රී ලංකාව (Sri Lanka)
(left/right) mirrored flower-like design (bottom, year) 1972, 1975 or 1978
Back: Coat of arms (a lion with a sword (kindom of Kandy) inside the holy lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) between a wreath of 2 spikes (ears) coming out of a golden jar between (top) Dharmacakra (wheel of Dharma/life) (bottom) a moon and a sun with a face, all surrounded by an edging)
legend: none
Edge: S2 - security, type: 2
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50 Cents

Country:: Ceylon
Series:: 1955~1972 - Dominion of Ceylon
Catalog codes:: Col:LK-CE-000044, WCC:km132
Themes:: Coats of Arms
Issued on:: 1963
Last issue date:: 1972
Distribution:: Standard Circulation
Mints:: Royal Mint, Tower Hill Site, London, Great Britain (1809-1967)
Composition:: Copper-Nickel
Orientation:: Medal alignment ↑O↑
Shape:: Circular
Rim:: Raised. Toothed. Both sides
Weight:: 5.5 grams
Diameter:: 21.5 mm
Thickness:: 1.97 mm
Face value:: 50 c - Ceylonese cent
Known mintage:: 26,020,000
Composition Details:: 75% copper, 25% nickel75% copper, 25% nickel
Score:: 27% Accuracy: Very High
Related items:: 1 (See)
Description:: CopyWrong
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