Coins

Museum number:
5-15971
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015971
Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4677
Description:
Metal British colonial coins. Each coin has hole in center and is inscribed "British West Africa 1940" The verso has a multi-lingual inscription.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Accession date:
December 15, 1995
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W 5-Bascom-10
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Coins, accession number 5-15971, described as Metal British colonial coins. Each coin has hole in center and is inscribed "British West Africa 1940" The verso has a multi-lingual inscription.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Coins, accession number 5-15971, described as Metal British colonial coins. Each coin has hole in center and is inscribed "British West Africa 1940" The verso has a multi-lingual inscription.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coins, accession number 5-15971, described as Metal British colonial coins. Each coin has hole in center and is inscribed "British West Africa 1940" The verso has a multi-lingual inscription.

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