Description
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(Serial Numbers May Vary)
Grade: Uncirculated
(no folds or creases, full color)
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DETAILS:
Obverse: Portrait of Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909–1987), former Premier of the Western Region of Nigeria and one of the most prominent statesmen in Nigerian history. Ajami Hausa and English text; coconut as registration device; several coconuts; cotton boll.
Motion windowed security thread with the Nigerian flag and 100. Watermark: Chief Obafemi Awolowo and electrotype 100.
Sig. 26: Cardoso/Solaja.
Size: 151 x 78 mm.
Material: Paper.
Reverse: Five Nigerians in native dress playing musical instruments, carrying baskets, and dancing; Nigerian coat of arms; cowrie shells; manillas; primitive animal figures depicting alligator, snake, fish, and turtle; leaves in underprint. Quick Recognition Code, one of the first banknotes to use a QR code. Manila and coconuts. Centenary inscription 1914–2014.
This note commemorates Nigeria’s centenary as a united nation (1914–2014). The redesign enhanced security and durability while existing 100-naira notes continued to circulate in parallel.