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Home Currency Management Currency ManagementCurrency | History of Nigerian Currency | Legal Tender |Currency Gallery | Security Features Currency GalleryNotes:Coins Withdrawn: Earlier | 1959 | 1965 | 1968 | 1973 | 1977 | 1979 | 1984 | 1991 | 2007 1968 Currency IssueIn 1968, Nigeria fought a civil war. In order to stem the misuse of the country’s currency notes during the period, Nigeria decided to change the currency notes issued in 1965 as a war strategy. The currency notes were in denominations of Five (£5) Pounds, One (£1) Pound, Ten (10/-) Shillings and Five (5/-) Shillings. The coins issued in 1959 were retained, Two (2/-) Shillings, Three (3p) Pence, One (1p) Penny and One half (½p) Penny.
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