8 Shillings - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait

Features

Issuer	The Gambia
Queen	Elizabeth II (1965-1970)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	1970
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 ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 19772
References	KM# 7 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 7 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth the Second.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
THE GAMBIA
1970

Engraver: Arnold Machin

Reverse

Hippopotamus left. Value in English above it. Values in both Wolof and Mandinka languages below hippo.

Scripts: Arabic, Latin

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

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

Comments

Both " Dérém" and " Dalasi " come from the Arabic word "Dirham", but modified in Wolof and Mandinka languages.

It is important to note that the number "8" in value does not have any relation with local names. Both "Dérém" and "Dalasi" mean "4 shilling - valued coin", and not translation of English word "Shilling" . So, derem nyaar and dalasi fula mean "two parts of basic currency" That is why local names in 1966 coins appear only from 4 Shilling valued coin, and not from lower.
(Paul Baker. African coins - all around Africa. The Gambia.

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1970			25 000					$ 14	$ 15	$ 16

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 120 Lot 616	13 Apr 2024	UNC	USD 16.24 (EUR 14.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 106 Lot 491	27 Dec 2023	UNC	USD 13.92 (EUR 12.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 92 Lot 2092	15 Aug 2023	UNC	USD 32.47 (EUR 28.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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