21 1/10 penny coins from British W. Africa 1940; Recto inscribed with "British West Africa 1940" and a 6 pointed star; verso inscribed with "Georgivs vs. Rex et ind: imp; one tenth of a penny (English) and an Arabic inscription, plus a crown and two ribbons. Coin is a disk with a hole in the center.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
British West Africa (historic)
Verbatim coll. place:
N. Africa, Ghana/Nigeria
Culture or time period:
British Historic
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Cupro-nickel
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1940
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Money
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 0.1 centimeters, diameter 2 centimeters, and center hole— diameter 0.6 centimeters