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West African Currency Board Currency & Banknote Values

Banknote Book® Price Guide

The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the West African Currency Board series of British West Africa in the World Currency contains 89 distinct entries with CPG® values between $8.00 and $3,000.00.

British West Africa consisted of The Gambia, the Gold Coast (renamed Ghana), Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. The British government established the West African Currency Board (WACB) in London based upon the recommendations in a report dated 5 June 1912 of the committee chaired by Lord Emmott, then under-secretary of state for the colonies. The board’s constitution was set on record 6 December 1912, and revised and enlarged by Prime Minister Bonar Law in November 1915 to permit issuance of notes.
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1916 30TH June, 1916 Sig 1 Back: Blank Prefix A/1
1916 Back: Arabic text Prefix A/4, A/5
1918 30TH March, 1918 Sig 2 Prefix A/8 - A/10, B/2 - B/8, C/1 - C/10, D/6, E/9, E/10, H/#
$130.00 - $500
1920 1ST March, 1920 Sig unknown Unissued Unconfirmed
1916 31ST MARCH, 1916 Sig 1 Back: Blank Prefix A/1, A/2
$750 - $3,000
1918 30TH March, 1918 Sig 2 Back: Arabic text Prefix D/# - L/#
ND Lilac and black; two diagonal red SPECIMEN NO VALUE ovpts front; one round blue WATERLOW & SONS SPECIMEN ovpt front; no sig ; no s/n
1916 31ST March, 1916 Sig 1 Back: Blank Prefix A/1 Unconfirmed
1918 30th March, 1918 Sig 2 Back: Arabic text Prefix A/4 - J/#
$750 - $3,000
ND Brown; uniface front; two diagonal red SPECIMEN NO VALUE ovpts front; one round blue WATERLOW & SONS SPECIMEN ovpt front; no sig ; no s/n
1918 30th November, 1918 Sig 2 Prefix A/2 - W/#
$40.00 - $600
ND No s/n
$350 - $350
1919 1st March, 1919 Sig 2 Prefix A/2
ND Three diagonal SPECIMEN perfs; normal s/n
1928 2ND JANUARY, 1928 Sig 3 Prefix A/7 - B/2 Intro: 00 07 1928
$110.00 - $450
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1930 21ST JULY, 1930 Prefix B/# Unconfirmed
$110.00 - $450
1934 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1934 Sig 5 Prefix B/6 - C/4
$110.00 - $450
1937 4TH JANUARY, 1937 Prefix C/5 - E/4
$110.00 - $450
1941 9TH MAY, 1941 Sig 6 Prefix E/5 - G/5
$35.00 - $500
1942 1ST DECEMBER, 1942 Sig 7 Prefix G/7 - I/6
$35.00 - $500
1943 10TH DECEMBER, 1943 Sig 8 Prefix I/8 - J/4
$35.00 - $500
1945 12TH JANUARY, 1945 Sig 9 Prefix K/4 - K/6
$35.00 - $500
1946 25TH OCTOBER, 1946 Sig 11 Prefix K/# - M/2
$35.00 - $500
1947 1ST FEBRUARY, 1947 Sig 12 Prefix M/9 - N/5
$35.00 - $500
1948 27TH MAY, 1948 Sig 13 Prefix N/8 - Q/7
$35.00 - $500
1948 29TH NOVEMBER, 1948 Prefix Q/10 - S/2
$35.00 - $500
1948 24TH DECEMBER, 1948 Prefix S/# - V/#
$35.00 - $500
1950 28TH JULY, 1950 Prefix W/9
$35.00 - $500
1946 Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no s/n
1928 2nd January, 1928 Sig 3 Prefix A/#, B/1 Intro: 00 07 1928
$15.00 - $225.00
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1930 21st July, 1930 Prefix B/7
$15.00 - $225.00
1933 2nd June, 1933 Sig 5 Prefix C/# Unconfirmed
$15.00 - $225.00
1934 14th September, 1934 Prefix C/# - D/9
$15.00 - $225.00
1937 4th January, 1937 Prefix E/4 - H/9
$15.00 - $225.00
1941 6th November, 1941 Sig 6 Prefix H/10 - J/10
$25.00 - $400
1942 1st December, 1942 Sig 7 Prefix K/3 - M/3
$25.00 - $400
1943 10th December, 1943 Sig 8 Prefix M/10 - N/2
$25.00 - $400
1945 12th January, 1945 Sig 10 Prefix N/9 - Q/8
$25.00 - $400
1946 31st January, 1946 Prefix R/2 - U/#
$25.00 - $400
1946 25th October, 1946 Sig 11 Prefix U/# - W/3
$25.00 - $400
1947 1st February, 1947 Sig 12 Prefix W/# - Y/5
$25.00 - $400
1947 26th June, 1947 Prefix Y/6 - Y/9
$25.00 - $400
1947 26th September, 1947 Prefix Z/9 - #/A
$25.00 - $400
1947 22nd December, 1947 Prefix 5/B
$25.00 - $400
1948 27th May, 1948 Sig 13 Prefix 9/C - 8/M
$25.00 - $400
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1948 29th November, 1948 Prefix #/N - 8/S
$25.00 - $400
1948 24th December, 1948 Prefix 2/T - 4/Z
$25.00 - $400
1949 28th January, 1949 Prefix AA/8 - AF/#
$25.00 - $400
1949 1st October, 1949 Prefix AF/# - AH/7
$25.00 - $400
1950 28th July, 1950 Prefix AJ/2 - AM/8
$25.00 - $400
1951 26th January, 1951 Prefix AN/9 - BD/#
$25.00 - $400
1951 30th April, 1951 Prefix BD/3, BD/4
$25.00 - $400
1951 2nd July, 1951 Sig 14 Prefix BP/10 - CB/#
$25.00 - $400
1952 1st April, 1952 Unconfirmed
1930 Brown; uniface front; two diagonal red SPECIMEN / WATERLOW & SONS LTD ovpts front; horizontal black SPECIMEN NOTE, WATERLOW AND SONS LTD ovpt upper left front; no s/n
1945 Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front/back; no s/n
Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front/back; no s/n
Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front/back; no s/n
No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n
31ST MARCH 1953. Sig. 14. Prefix A/A - A/H
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12TH JANUARY 1955. Sig. 16. Prefix A/J - A/M
20TH FEBRUARY 1957. Sig. 17. Prefix A/N
9TH AUGUST 1957. Sig. 18. Prefix A/P - A/T
4TH FEBRUARY 1958. Sig. 19. Prefix A/U, A/V
Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; all-zero s/n
Diagonal red SPECIMEN / NOT VALID ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n
Diagonal red SPECIMEN / NOT VALID ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n
Diagonal red SPECIMEN / NOT VALID ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n
Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; all-zero s/n
1953 31ST MARCH 1953 Sig 14 Printer: WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON Prefix A/A - D/H
$30.00 - $450
1954 1ST MARCH 1954 Sig 15 Prefix D/J - E/J
$30.00 - $450
1955 12TH JANUARY 1955 Sig 16 Prefix E/K - E/S
$30.00 - $450
1956 13TH JANUARY 1956 Prefix E/T - F/N
$30.00 - $450
1957 20TH FEBRUARY 1957 Sig 17 Prefix F/P - F/S
$30.00 - $450
1962 17TH APRIL 1962 Sig 20 Printer: THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED Prefix F/T
$8.00 - $100.00
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Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; all-zero s/n
Diagonal blue SPECIMEN / NOT VALID ovpt front; all-zero s/n
Diagonal blue SPECIMEN / NOT VALID ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n
Diagonal blue SPECIMEN / NOT VALID ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n
Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n
Horizontal CANCELLED perf; all-zero s/n
Blue; diatgonal red SPECIMEN / WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED ovpt front; no s/n
1953 31ST MARCH 1953 Sig 14 Prefix A/A - A/F
$1,500 - $3,000
1954 26TH APRIL 1954 Sig 15 Prefix A/J - A/S
$1,000 - $2,300
Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; all-zero s/n
Diagonal red SPECIMEN / NOT VALID ovpt front/back; all-zero s/n
Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front/back; normal s/n
1954 26TH APRIL 1954 Sig 16 Prefix A/A Diagonal SPECIMEN perf; all-zero s/n
ND No date Sig 16 reconfigured Prefix A/A No ovpt; no perf; all-zero s/n
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