1 Cent - Elizabeth II 1st portrait

Features

Issuer	Eastern Caribbean States
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1955-1965
Value	1 Cent (0.01 BWI$)
Currency	British West Indies dollar (1935-1965)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	5.67 g
Diameter	26 mm
Thickness	1.51 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 72
References	KM# 2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 2 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right

Script: Latin

Lettering:
QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND
CT

Engraver: Cecil Thomas

Reverse

Value flanked by palm tree fronds

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BRITISH CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES
1
CENT
1965
·EASTERN GROUP·

Engraver: Thomas Humphrey Paget

Edge

Plain

Mint

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

Comments

Until 1959 this type was minted with 95.5% Copper, 3% Tin, and 1.5% Zinc. After 1959 they were minted with 97% Copper, 2.5% Zinc, and 0.5% Tin.

Present in sets

1955 Eastern Caribbean Proof Set

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1955	8 000 000	$ 0.25	$ 0.25	$ 0.31	$ 0.66	$ 0.95	$ 1.20	$ 1.80		35%
1955	2 000								Proof	0.5%
1957	3 000 000		$ 0.20	$ 0.61	$ 1.20	$ 1.60	$ 1.60			15%
1957									Proof	0.19%
1958	1 500 000			$ 0.46	$ 0.67	$ 1.70				7%
1958	20								Proof	0.09%
1959	500 000			$ 0.53	$ 1.50	$ 1.60				3%
1959									Proof	0.12%
1960	2 500 000			$ 0.23	$ 0.36	$ 0.72	$ 0.77	$ 1.00		12%
1960									Proof	0.19%
1961	2 280 000			$ 0.27	$ 0.38	$ 0.53	$ 0.71	$ 1.30		12%
1961									Proof	0.14%
1962	2 000 000	$ 0.06	$ 0.17	$ 0.27	$ 0.94	$ 1.20	$ 1.20			10%
1962									Proof	0.19%
1963	750 000			$ 0.15	$ 0.52	$ 1.70				6%
1963									Proof	0.16%
1964	2 500 000		$ 0.18	$ 0.18	$ 0.57	$ 0.93	$ 1.10	$ 1.90		13%
1964									Proof	0.2%
1965	4 800 000	$ 0.13	$ 0.20	$ 0.20	$ 0.58	$ 0.58	$ 0.80	$ 1.20		50%
1965									Proof	0.7%
1965									Prooflike	0.5%

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