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5 Kobo CoinDimensions Date Released
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Design The main feature in the front is the hand engraved portraits of four Nigerians, three men and a woman, superimposed on the Nigerian map. The main feature in the Back is a hand engraved vignette that depicts farming in its two aspects of cultivating and harvesting. The right top corner value is on two cowries shells. Cowries shells were once a medium of exchange in the country. |
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