AFRICAN COINS...LET'S SEE THEM!

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Here are all the Edward VII 50 cent from East Africa. They are kind of scarce. The 25 cent seem to be even more scarce or hard to find.

 

KM Pn 6 Copper Pattern of KM 8.1 ex. Pittman Lot 4894 8/6-8/1999 PCGS MS65RB - I bought this lot from the Pittman sale myself. Extremely rare and beautiful.
I had this coin re- holdered at the ANA show August 2018. The new holder makes the coin look so much better than the old holder.

 

Sierra Leone (1791) Penny/Cent Bronze Uniface Obverse Die Trial

Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone Company, Uniface Obverse Die Trial for a Penny /Cent [1791], chamfered rims, edge plain, 17.72g (cf. Vice FT 8). Very Fine, presumably extremely rare.

Provenance: Hans Schulman Auction 92 (New York), 26-7 February 1973, lot 1301*
*Hans M. F. Schulman conducted 102 sales between 1940 and 1975.

 

Here's a four coin set from French Somaliland (now Djibouti) that I've owned for a while now, finally decided to cut them out of the aftermarket cello for imaging.

1959 (a) 1 Franc
Mintage 500,000



1959 (a) 2 Francs
Mintage 200,000​

1959 (a) 5 Francs
Mintage 500,000



1952 (a) 20 Francs
Mintage 500,000

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Gabon Republic Off-Metal Strikes Copper Pattern Proof Set 1960 - Likely Unique
Unlisted in Krause.

NGC Graded Set:
10 Francs PF65RB Ultra Cameo
25 Francs Essai PF64BN
50 Francs PF65BN
100 Francs PF64BN

 

1791 Cent Bronze Mint State (Rare in Mint State as opposed to Proof format).
2 Hairs on Lion Tail.
PCGS MS65BN (single finest graded by both parties).

 

2008 Liberia 5 dollars

 

KM Pn 7 (Previously Unlisted) Copper Pattern of KM 8.2 PCGS SP67BN Essai (utterly amazing!) - Truly amazing coin.
Extremely rare pattern! I had this coin re- holdered at the ANA show August 2018. The new holder makes the coin look so much better than the old holder.

 

Egypt, Angola, The Gambia

 

1973 Medal, Kenya

 

Some recent additions:

 

Central African Empire - 100 Francs Essai. Still in the mint issued plastic so the image is poor.

 

1958 Cameroun 10 francs. This is one of my most beautiful coins, I just love those giant eland.

 

You're a bad influence. After I saw this I had to go out and get one (A regular circulated one).

 

That's great!!!

 

British East Africa 1924 1 shilling, pretty sure someone cleaned...

Liberia 1961 1 dollar, nice 90% silver.

 

Sierra Leone Company: PCGS MS63RB George III Era bronze Anti-Slave Medal or "Penny Token" 1807, KM-Tn1, Eimer-984, plain edge, very rare uniface die trial, obverse, by Macaulay & Babington. An historic piece celebrating Britain's abolition of the slave trade in this year, variant with blank reverse which normally carries an Arabic inscription translating the legends. Eimer notes that the bronze pieces were made circa 1814 for distribution in the colony of Sierra Leone as token money, presumably a Penny). As struck, reddish brown, pebbly obverse die, reverse with small cuts. See regular issue piece in high grade above.
Exceedingly rare. I know of one other.

 

Sierra Leone Company: Slave Trade Medal Bronze NGC PF66BN Most likely the finest of it's kind!! - Beautiful
1807 (c.1814-1825) GFP Bronzed
Soho. Edge: Plain. WE ARE ALL BRETHREN / SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED / BY GREAT BRITAIN / 1807. Two men clasping hands / Similar in Arabic. Arabic text; signed below, J.P. FECIT. KM Tn1.1; Vice FT2; Eimer-984b.
Macaulay and Babbington

 

1888 1 Centime Double Hole Punch Error NGC MS66RB crossed over from a PCGS MS66RB. A tremendously cool error in top notch grade.
Likely a unique error. It does show that the holes were punched after the coins were struck.
Ex. Spink from Auction 14007 17-18 December 2014, Lot 139, where it was in a group lot with two other copper coins, described as: "Centime, 1888, same type (cf Dupriez 69 ; KM.1), lustre, deposit on legend at one o'clock, double holed, uncirculated". Likely conserved by PCGS.