Catalog
500 Naira
| Issuer | Central Bank of Nigeria |
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| Year | 2001-2022 |
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| Reference(s) | P#30 |
| Obverse description | Centre portrait of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996), first President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, executed in intaglio against an ornamental underprint of guilloche rosettes and geometric motifs drawn from Nigerian traditional decorative art. Denomination numerals and the issuing authority inscription are arranged across the upper register within colour-shifted bands, while a watermark window is reserved at the left margin. |
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| Reverse description | An intaglio vignette of an offshore oil drilling platform, rendered in red-brown tones within an oval guilloche frame, occupies the right half of the note over a blue underprint evoking open water, symbolising Nigeria's petroleum industry. The Nigerian Coat of Arms appears in blue intaglio at lower centre-right, accompanied by the denomination in words in script lettering. Corner rosettes and geometric medallions in red and blue anchor each quadrant of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA 500 FIVE HUNDRED NAIRA UNITY AND FAITH PEACE AND PROGRESS |
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