8 Shillings - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait

Issuer The Gambia
Year 1970
Type Non-circulating coin
Value 8 Shillings (⅖)
Currency Pound (1966-1971)
Composition Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight 33.8 g
Diameter 41 mm
Thickness 3 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s) Arnold Machin
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#7, Schön#7
Obverse description Portrait of Queen Elizabeth the Second.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering THE GAMBIA 1970
Reverse description Hippopotamus left. Value in English above it. Values in both Wolof and Mandinka languages below hippo.
Reverse script Arabic, Latin
Reverse lettering 8 SHILLINGS جاردرخر دليس جل
(Translation: `dalasi fula` (Mandinka) and `dérém nyaar` (Wolof) . Both mean `Two basic currencies`, - two derem / two dalasis)
Edge Reeded
Mint
Mintage 1970 - - 25 000
Numisquare ID 1164763910
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