2 Shillings - Elizabeth II 1st portrait
© Joseph Kunnappally
Features
| Issuer |
Nigeria
 |
|---|---|
| Queen |
Elizabeth II (1952-1963)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1959 |
| Value | 2 Shillings (⅒) |
| Currency | Pound (1918-1973) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel) |
| Weight | 9.97 g |
| Diameter | 27 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | 1973 |
| Number | N# 15820 |
| References | KM# 6 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes). |
Obverse
Crowned bust facing right
Script: Latin
Lettering: QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND
Engraver: Cecil Thomas
Reverse
Peanut plant
Script: Latin
Lettering:
FEDERATION OF NIGERIA
1959
P.V.
TWO SHILLINGS
Engraver: Paul Vincze
Edge
Security edge
© ZacUK
Mint
Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975)Present in sets
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
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| 1959 | 15 000 000 | $ 2.60 | $ 4.20 | $ 4.20 | $ 4.20 | $ 10 | 98% | ||||||||
| 1959 | 6 031 | Proof | 3% | ||||||||||||
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