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...Nigeria - 5, 10, 20 & 50 Naira All Dated 2019 Polymer

Nigeria

Central Bank of Nigeria

Currency : Naira (NGN)

Four polymer notes all printed with the year date of 2019. It seems that the life cycle for the Naira polymer note is the same as those paper banknotes as they get reprinted almost every year!!

Five Naira

Dated 2019, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balew (1912-1966 assassinated)

Reverse - Nkpokiti drummers

Ten Naira

Dated 2019, Alvan Ikoku (1990-1971)

Reverse - women with large bowls on their heads

Twenty Naira

Dated 2019, General Murtala Ramad Muhammed (1938-1976 assassinated)

Reverse - woman making pottery

Fifty Naira

Dated 2019, natives of Nigeria

Reverse - fishermen with their fishes

...Nigeria - 100 Niara 2014 Commemorative Centenary 1914-2014

One Hundred Naira

Dated 2014

Reverse

This 100 Naira Commemorative note was released on 19.12.2014. The note was purposely printed to celebrate the country's 100th year of amalgamation between the north and the south which formed the country Nigeria. The note is printed with the commemorative text of "Centenary 1914 - 2014". This is also the first note in the world that has been printed with the Quick Recognition (QR) Code. An interesting point about this note is that if you look carefully at the design, this note has no Arabic writing printed at all, unlike those previously issued. However the value is printed in three different local languages. Are these the languages of the Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo tribes? English is still the official language used in the country. Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa with a population in excess of 174+ million. The country is basically divided into two with the Muslims majority in the north and the Christians majority in the south.