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5 Pounds
| Issuer | Biafra (Nigeria) |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Diameter | 35 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicts a tall palm tree rising from a stylised rising sun with radiating rays over a calm sea horizon, the entire motif framed within a large crescent or half-sun arc device — elements drawn directly from the historical Biafran national emblem. The legend 'PEACE · UNITY · FREEDOM' is inscribed in bold relief along the lower arc of the periphery, curving from left to right across the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Biafra declared independence from Nigeria in May 1967, triggering a civil war that killed between one and three million people — mostly through famine — before the republic collapsed in January 1970. It has not existed as a political entity since. This piece is a modern fantasy issue with no connection to any historical Biafran monetary authority, produced nearly five decades after the state ceased to exist.