查看完整图片 — 免费注册
使用Google继续 — 免费 或用邮箱注册

25 Pounds

发行方 Biafra
年份 1969
类型 Non-circulating coin
面值 登录 以查看详情
货币 登录 以查看详情
材质 登录 以查看详情
重量 登录 以查看详情
直径 登录 以查看详情
厚度 登录 以查看详情
形状 登录 以查看详情
制作工艺 登录 以查看详情
方向 登录 以查看详情
雕刻师 登录 以查看详情
流通至 登录 以查看详情
参考资料 登录 以查看详情
正面描述 登录 以查看详情
正面文字 登录 以查看详情
正面铭文 登录 以查看详情
背面描述 A heraldic eagle displayed at center, clutching a scroll representing the Declaration of Independence. The motto THE FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL arcs along the upper legend, flanked by decorative elements, with SPES (meaning HOPE) incorporated into the field. Two ornamental branches frame the central device, and the denomination TWENTYFIVE / 25 POUNDS appears prominently in the lower portion of the field.
背面文字 Latin
背面铭文 登录 以查看详情
边缘 登录 以查看详情
铸币厂 登录 以查看详情
铸造量 登录 以查看详情
附加信息

Biafra's gold coinage of 1969 was struck in the final, desperate months of the secessionist state's existence. The Republic of Biafra had declared independence from Nigeria in May 1967, triggering a civil war that killed an estimated one to three million people, largely through deliberate famine. By the time these pieces were minted, Biafran-held territory had been reduced to a fraction of its original size, and the government fell in January 1970.

These gold issues were almost certainly produced for foreign exchange and diplomatic purposes rather than domestic circulation — the population was starving. Struck in London by the Royal Mint on contract.