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20 Shillings
| Issuer | Government of Nigeria |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 20 Shillings |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark green on cream paper by letterpress. Country name NIGERIA appears at top centre flanked by decorative scrollwork, with "Government of Nigeria" in italic script below; the denomination TWENTY SHILLINGS is set within a guilloche-bordered panel at centre, with 20/- numerals at left and right. Legal tender clause, place and date (Lagos, December 1918), and Treasurer's signature appear in the lower portion, with serial number at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | NIGERIA Government of Nigeria TWENTY SHILLINGS 20/- Issued under Ord. XXII, 1918. These Currency Notes are Legal Tender for the payment of any amount. LAGOS. December, 1918. Treasurer. No. |
| Reverse description | Unprinted plain cream paper reverse, showing a strong letterpress offset impression of the obverse design in mirror image, including all inscriptions and the guilloche denomination panel, as a result of the single-sided local printing process. |
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