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1984 Currency Issue
In April 1984, all the note denomination with the exception of the 50 kobo note were reissued by merely interchanging their colours. The exercise was undertaken purely as a tactical measure by the military administration which took over power in December, 1983. It was intended to arrest the alarming rate of currency trafficking going on at the time. the coins were still those of 1973 issues.
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| Twenty Naira Dimension: 151 x 78 mm Material: Paper Withdrawn: 1984 |
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| Ten Naira Dimension: 151 x 78 mm Material: Paper Withdrawn: 1979 |
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| Five Naira Dimension: 151 x 78 mm Material: Paper Withdrawn: 1979 |
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| One Naira Dimension: 137 x 78 mm Material: Paper Withdrawn: 1991 Reissued as a coin - still in circulation |
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| Fifty Kobo Dimension: 127 x 78 mm Material: Paper Withdrawn: 1991 Reissued as a coin - still in circulation |
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| Twenty Five Kobo Material: Silver Withdrawn: 1979 Reissued in Bronze in 1991 |
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| Ten Kobo Material: Silver Withdrawn: 1991 Reissued in Bronze |
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| Five Kobo Material: Silver Withdrawn: 1979 Reissued in bronze in 1991 |
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| One Kobo Material: Bronze Withdrawn: |
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| Half Kobo Material: Copper Withdrawn |
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| Paris Club of Creditors:The club represents only government guaranteed creditors. Members include the United States of America, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Canada, who guarantee the export activities of their nationals. When the recipient nation s government is unable to pay the equivalent of the imports domestic currency cover, it becomes government debt owed to creditor nations. The first Paris Club meeting was held in 1956. |
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