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6 Pence
| Issuer | Biafra (Nigeria) |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Diameter | 22 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts the coat of arms of Biafra: a palm tree rising above a rising sun with radiating rays, all set within a stylised eagle displayed with wings curving downward to form a crescent shape around the central emblem. The patriotic legend 'PEACE · UNITY · FREEDOM' is inscribed along the lower periphery, separated by dot stops. |
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| Reverse lettering | PEACE UNITY FREEDOM |
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Biafra's original coinage dates to the 1969 issues struck during the secessionist war against Nigeria, which ended in January 1970 with Biafran surrender. This 2017 aluminium piece has no connection to that conflict-era currency — it belongs to a wave of fantasy or propaganda issues produced for the revived Biafran independence movement, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which the Nigerian government designated a terrorist organization in 2017, the same year this piece appeared.