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10 Shillings
| Issuer | Bank of Biafra |
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| Year | 1968-1969 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA 10/- BANK OF BIAFRA Promise to pay on Demand the sum of TEN SHILLINGS Sylvester U. Ugoh William Okefie Uzoaga GOVERNOR DIRECTOR 10/- 10/- |
| Reverse description | Right-hand vignette of a multi-storey industrial or public building complex with palm trees and a tall chimney stack, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. At left, a large circular numeral cartouche bearing 10/- is framed by ornate scrollwork, with guilloche wave-pattern fill occupying the central field. The denomination TEN SHILLINGS appears in a rectangular panel at lower centre, with corner numerals 10/- repeated at all four corners. |
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The Bank of Biafra was established in 1968 to support the secessionist republic's war economy, issuing its own currency as a deliberate assertion of independence from Nigeria. By that point, Biafra was already under severe blockade, and the notes had limited practical reach — internal distribution was complicated by military pressure on the enclave's shrinking territory throughout 1968 and 1969.
Sylvester Ugoh served as the bank's governor; Uzoaga was his deputy. The secession collapsed in January 1970, rendering the entire currency issue obsolete within roughly two years of printing.