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Nigeria banknotes
Nigeria paper money catalog and Nigerian currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • British currency, till 1913
  • British West Africa Pound = 20 Shillings = 240 Pence, 1913-59
  • Nigerian Pound = (West African Pound) = 20 Shillings = 240 Pence, 1959-1973
  • Naira = (1/2 West African Pound) = 100 Kobo, from 1973

• For earlier issues see:
  • British West Africa
• For seceded Biafra (Eastern Region of Nigeria) issues see:
  • Biafra, 1967-1970

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Pick #	Date
		British Colony till 1960; (British West Africa)
1-1B	1918	1, 10, 20 shillings
2-5	1958	5, 10 shillings, 1, 5 pounds
		Republic (British Colony till 1960; British West Africa)
6-9	(1967)	5, 10 shillings, 1, 5 pounds
10-13	(1968)	5, 10 shillings, 1, 5 pounds
14-17	(1973)	50 kobo, 1, 5, 10 naira
18-21	(1977-9)	1, 5, 10, 20 naira
23-27	(1984-)	1, 5, 10, 20, 50 naira
28-30	(1999)-2005	100, 200, 500 naira
31-36	2006-	2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 1.000 naira
37	2010	50 naira; commemorative issue "50 Anniversary of Independence"
38-40	2009-	5, 10, 50 naira
41	2014	100 naira; commemorative issue "Nigeria 1914-2014"