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½ Penny

½ Penny - obverse½ Penny - reverse

© Joseph Kunnappally

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Issuer GhanaGhana (1957-date)
Queen Elizabeth II (1957-1960)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1958
Value ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Pound (1958-1965)
Composition Bronze (95.5% Copper, 3% Tin, 1.5% Zinc)
Weight 2.83 g
Diameter 21 mm
Thickness 1.24 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Issued 14 July 1958
Demonetized 17 September 1966
Number
N#
9295
References KM# 1
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, Schön# 1
Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

Obverse

Star and value below date

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GHANA
1958
HALF PENNY

Engraver: P. K. K. Quaidoo

Reverse

Bust of Kwame Nkrumah facing right

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CIVITATIS GHANIENSIS CONDITOR
P.V.
KWAME NKRUMAH

Translation: Kwame Nkrumah, the Founder of the State of Ghana

Engraver: Paul Vincze

Edge

Plain

Mint

Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975)

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1958  20 000 $ 1.70 Proof 4%

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