British West Africa 1/10 of a Penny 1956 - Value?

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This post is a followup on the old thread from 2015

Recently I noticed a few ads in eBay selling this coin: 1, 2, 3 at a much lower price than the one quoted in ngccoin.
Moreover, one of the ads there [1], claims the coin is made of copper, whereas ngccoin says it is bronze.

The fake hypothesis discussed in 2015 thread is based on the position of the letter "A" - it is touching the star line. I'm not sure this fake cue is valid, as in the image shown in ngccoin the "A" also touches the star.

Any ideas? Do you think those eBay coins are authentic?

Thank you

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I don't see a photo, so can't venture an opinion on the grade, but here are book prices for the coin listed by NGC, by grade

https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/british-west-africa-1-10-penny-km-32-1954-1957-cuid-1044364-duid-1309061

It should be kept in mind that most coins sell at a substantial discount from book value.

For the look of things, somebody found a lot of this coins recently...
It was always a very hard to find year, and all of a sudden several people are offering it, strange...

Quote: "yvon"​For the look of things, somebody found a lot of this coins recently...
​It was always a very hard to find year, and all of a sudden several people are offering it, strange...

​yes, but did you notice that some of those coins are advertised as copper?

Yes, indeed, but you should not put to much importance on that; actually a lot of people do not know the difference between copper and bronze, and those terms are also many times mixed.