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1968 Currency Issue
In 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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| Five Pounds Dimension: 45/16 x 35/16 Inches Material: Paper Withdrawn: 1973 |
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| One Pounds Dimension: 45/16 x 35/16 Inches Material: Paper Withdrawn: 1973 |
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| Ten Shilling Dimension: 57/16 x 31/16 Inches Material: Paper Withdrawn: 1973 |
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| Five Shilling Dimension: 5 x 27/8 Inches Material: Paper Withdrawn: 1973 |
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| Two Shilling Dimension: Material: Silver Withdrawn: 1973 |
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| One Shilling Dimension: Material: Silver Withdrawn: 1973 |
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| Six Pence Dimension: Material: Silver Withdrawn: 1973 |
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| Three Pence Dimension: Material: Gold Withdrawn: 1973 |
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| 1 Pence Dimension: Material: Bronze Withdrawn: 1973 |
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| One and Half Pence Dimension: Material: Bronze Withdrawn: 1973 |
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| Facts : 9/23/1975 |
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| Mallam Adamu Ciroma:Mallam Adamu Ciroma was appointed the third Nigerian Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, from September 23rd, 1975 to June 27th, 1977. He later served as the Minister of Finance in the first Obasanjo democratic administration |
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