1 Penny British West Africa (1780 - 1960) / Sierra Leone Bronze

Sierra Leone Company (British Colony). Bronze 1 Penny Coin. Fine!

Mint Year: 1791

Denomination: Penny

Mintage: 215,000 pcs.

Reference: KM-2.1.

Mint Place: Soho (London)
Weight: 18.77gm

Diameter: 32mm

Material: Bronze

Obverse: Lion facing. Legend around.

Legend: SIERRA LEONE COMPANY / AFRICA

Reverse: Value numeral (1) above and below clasped hands.

Legend: ONE PENNY PIECE / 1791 

The Sierra Leone Company was the corporate body involved in founding the second British colony in Africa on 11 March 1792 through the resettlement of Black Loyalists who had initially been settled in Nova Scotia (the Nova Scotian Settlers) after the American Revolutionary War. The company came about because of the work of the ardent abolitionists Granville Sharp, Thomas Clarkson, Henry Thornton, and Thomas’s brother John Clarkson, who is considered one of the founding fathers of Sierra Leone. The company was the successor to the St. George Bay Company, a corporate body established in 1790 that re-established Granville Town in 1791 for the 60 remaining Old Settlers.