Currency Gallery

Currency in Circulation:

Notes: N1000 | N500 | N200N100 C | N100 | N50 | N20 | N10 | N5
Coins: N2 | N 1 | 50 Kobo

Currency Withdrawn:

Earlier | 1959 | 1965 | 1968 | 1973 | 1977 | 1979 | 1984 | 1991 | 2007| 2022

1959 Currency Issue

On 1st July, 1959 the Central Bank of Nigeria issued the Nigerian currency notes in the denominations of Five (5) pounds, One (1) pound, Ten (10/-) Shillings, Five (5/-) shillings, which were withdrawn in 1965 and coins in the denominations of Two (2/-) shillings, three (3p) Pence One (1p) Penny and One half (1/2p) Penny. The coins were withdrawn in 1973.


Name
Five Pounds Dimension: 6⁹/16 x 3¹⁵/16 Inches Material: Paper Withdrawn: 1965
One Pound Dimension: 4⁵/16 x 3⁵/16 Inches Material: Paper Withdrawn: 1965
Ten Shilling Dimension: 5� x 3¹/16 Inches Material: Paper Withdrawn: 1965
Five Shilling Dimension: 4� x 2⁵/8 Inches Material: Paper Withdrawn: 1965
Two Shilling Dimension: Material: Silver Withdrawn: 1973
One Shilling Dimension: Material: Silver Withdrawn: 1973
Six Pence Dimension: Material: Silver Withdrawn: 1973
Three Pence Dimension: Material: Gold Withdrawn: 1973
1 Pence Dimension: Material: Bronze Withdrawn: 1973
One and Half Pence Dimension: Material: Bronze Withdrawn: 1973