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Nigerian naira


Name: Nigerian naira
Defn: 100k=1n
Symbol: ₦
Code: NGN
Desc:
Units of money:
kobo k 1
naira n 100

Users of this currency: Nigeria (665 stamps, 1973-2023)

Denominations used in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
1k 2   1973 issue=1973 d=hides&skins, 6/16/1986 issue=1986 dt=Nigerian Life d=Social worker with children
2k 3   1973 issue=1973 d=natural gas tanks ... 6/16/1986 issue=1986 dt=Nigerian Life d=Volkswagen motor assembly plant
3k 2   1973 issue=1973 d=cement works, 5/3/1973 d=numeral (1959 Nigeria)
5k 30   1973 issue=1973 d=cattle ranching ... 6/16/1986 issue=1986 dt=Nigerian Life d=Modern Dwellings
7k 1   1973 issue=1973 d=lumbermill
8k 1   1973 issue=1973 d=oil refinery (1973)
10k 55   1973 issue=1973 d=Yankari Game Reserve leopards ... 7/30/1991 dt=Nigerian fish d=Malapterurus electricus
12k 11   1973 issue=1973 d=Civic Development ... 10/27/1978 dt=Nigerian antiquities d=Bronze snail & animal from Igbo-Ukwu
15k 3   1973 issue=1973 d=Sugar Industry ... 6/16/1986 issue=1986 dt=Nigerian Life d=Port Activities
18k 27   1973 issue=1973 ... 6/28/1979 issue=International Year of the Child
20k 42   1973 issue=1973 d=Vaccine Production ... 10/7/1991 issue=6th World Telecommunication Exhibition
25k 36   1973 issue=1973 d=docks ... 9/14/1990 issue=30th Anniversary of OPEC
30k 72   1973 issue=1973 d=Argungu Fishing Festival ... 7/30/1991 dt=Nigerian fish d=Tilapia nilotica (1991)
35k 2   1973 issue=1973 d=textiles, 6/16/1986 issue=1986 dt=Nigerian Life d=Telephonists on Duty
40k 2   9/15/1982 dt=Nigerian butterflies d=Papilio hesperus, 6/16/1986 issue=1986 dt=Nigerian Life d=Nkpokiti dancers
45k 19   7/19/1980 issue=Olympics 1980 ... 6/16/1986 issue=1986 dt=Nigerian Life d=Hibiscus sp.
50k 18   1973 issue=1973 d=Potter ... 12/15/1992 dt=Traditional Dances (1992) d=Sabada
55k 3   6/5/1985 issue=International Youth Year ... 10/7/1985 issue=40th Anniversary of United Nations / 25th Anniversary of Nigerian Membership
60k 2   9/25/1985 issue=25th Anniversary of Independence, 9/27/1985 issue=World Tourism Day 1985
1n 16   1973 issue=1973 d=Eko Bridge ... 9/21/1995 issue=50th Anniversary of United Nations
1.50n 23   11/8/1990 dt=wildlife (1990 Nigeria) d=Picathartes gymnocephalus (1990) ... 10/16/1995 issue=50th Anniversary of FAO
2n 8   1973 issue=1973 d=Teaching Hospital, Lagos ... 12/15/1992 dt=Traditional Dances (1992) d=Dundun Dance
2.50n 1   11/8/1990 dt=wildlife (1990 Nigeria) d=Gorilla gorilla beringei (1990)
5n 23   4/1/1993 dt=wildlife (1993 Nigeria) d=Anthropoides paradisea (1993) ... 8/2/1999 issue=30th Anniversary of Nicon Insurance Corporation
10n 26   12/15/1992 d=Lekki beach ... 6/25/2001 dt=wildlife (2001 Nigeria) d=Vidua orientalis (2001)
15n 1   6/25/2001 dt=wildlife (2001 Nigeria) d=Dendropicos pyrrhogaster
20.00n 6   2/8/2002 issue=New Millennium Serial 2 d=dove & light beams over map ... 12/12/2003 issue=WWF 2003 dt=striped jackals
= 20n 37   4/1/1993 dt=wildlife (1993 Nigeria) d=Hippotragus equinus (1993 Nigeria) ... 1/31/2012 issue=2012
25n 1   6/25/2001 dt=wildlife (2001 Nigeria) d=Orycteropus afer (2001)
30.00n 2   2/8/2002 issue=New Millennium Serial 2 d=Age of Globalization, 10/3/2003 issue=8th All Africa Games
= 30n 37   4/1/1993 dt=wildlife (1993 Nigeria) d=Panthera leo (1993) ... 1/31/2012 issue=2012
40.00n 3   2/8/2002 issue=New Millennium Serial 2 d=Reconciliation ... 12/12/2003 issue=WWF 2003 dt=striped jackals
= 40n 11   3/31/1999 issue=11th World Youth Football Championship ... 1/18/2006 dt=literary icons and scientists/inventors d=Alh (Dr.) Abubakar Imam
50.00n 6   5/8/2003 issue=World AIDS Day ... 7/29/2005 issue=Rotary International Centenary
= 50n 89   11/30/1998 issue=8th Anniversary of ECOMOG ... 4/25/2019 issue=African Drum Festival - Abeokuta, Nigeria
80.00n 1   12/12/2003 issue=WWF 2003 dt=striped jackals
90n 4   10/21/2004 issue=Children\'s Postage Stamp Designs d=Education the Great Liberator (Umaru Jessica) ... 1/22/2013 issue=50th Anniversary of Ahmadu Bello University
100.00n 1   12/12/2003 issue=WWF 2003 dt=striped jackals
= 100n 17   6/25/2001 dt=wildlife (2001 Nigeria) d=Cercopithecus erythrotis ... 12/30/2021 issue=60th Anniversary of Independence
120.00n 2   8/19/2004 issue=Olympics 2004, 7/29/2005 issue=Rotary International Centenary
= 120n 12   10/21/2004 issue=Children\'s Postage Stamp Designs d=No to Cultism (Chinonso Chukwuogor) ... 10/4/2016 issue=Nigeria Centenary d=Sir Frederick Lord Lugard
150n 4   10/21/2004 issue=Children\'s Postage Stamp Designs d=Say No to Dangerous Drugs - (Sanusi Omolola) ... 3/28/2008 issue=WWF dt=Cross River gorillas
250N 2   10/24/2022 issue=Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Programme, 9/2/2023 issue=Inauguration of the PAPU Tower
500N 1   12/30/2021 issue=60th Anniversary of Independence

Used by 665 stamps: (See all uses as list)
Nigeria 1973 2k issue=1973 d=natural gas tanks wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Nigeria 1973 2n issue=1973 d=Teaching Hospital, Lagos wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Nigeria 1973 1n issue=1973 d=Eko Bridge wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Nigeria 1973 50k issue=1973 d=Potter wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Nigeria 1973 35k issue=1973 d=textiles wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Nigeria 1973 30k issue=1973 d=Argungu Fishing Festival wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Nigeria 1973 25k issue=1973 d=docks wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Nigeria 1973 20k issue=1973 d=Vaccine Production wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Nigeria 1973 18k issue=1973 wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Nigeria 1973 12k issue=1973 d=Civic Development wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Nigeria 1973 10k issue=1973 d=Yankari Game Reserve leopards wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Nigeria 1973 8k issue=1973 d=oil refinery (1973) wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Nigeria 1973 7k issue=1973 d=lumbermill wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Nigeria 1973 5k issue=1973 d=cattle ranching wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Nigeria 1973 3k issue=1973 d=cement works wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Nigeria 1973 1k issue=1973 d=hides&skins wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Nigeria 1973 15k issue=1973 d=Sugar Industry wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Nigeria 1/8/1973 5k issue=2nd All-Africa Games wmk=mult crown & script CA
Nigeria 1/8/1973 25k issue=2nd All-Africa Games d=stadium wmk=mult crown & script CA
Nigeria 1/8/1973 18k issue=2nd All-Africa Games wmk=mult crown & script CA
Nigeria 1/8/1973 12k issue=2nd All-Africa Games wmk=mult crown & script CA
Nigeria postage due 5/3/1973 5k d=numeral (1959 Nigeria) wmk=mult crown & script CA
Nigeria postage due 5/3/1973 10k d=numeral (1959 Nigeria) wmk=mult crown & script CA
Nigeria postage due 5/3/1973 3k d=numeral (1959 Nigeria) wmk=mult crown & script CA
Nigeria postage due 5/3/1973 2k d=numeral (1959 Nigeria) wmk=mult crown & script CA
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Nigeria 10/4/2016 50n issue=Nigeria Centenary d=National Assembly, Abuja
Nigeria 10/4/2016 50n issue=Nigeria Centenary d=Supreme Court, Abuja
Nigeria 10/4/2016 50n issue=Nigeria Centenary d=State House, Marina, Lagos
Nigeria 10/4/2016 50n issue=Nigeria Centenary d=One Nigeria, great promise
Nigeria 10/4/2016 50n issue=Nigeria Centenary d=United we stand
Nigeria 10/4/2016 100n issue=Nigeria Centenary d=Founding Fathers
Nigeria 10/4/2016 120n issue=Nigeria Centenary d=Sir Frederick Lord Lugard
Nigeria 11/7/2016 50n issue=Anti-Corruption Campaign
Nigeria 11/7/2016 50n issue=Anti-Corruption Campaign
Nigeria 11/7/2016 50n issue=Anti-Corruption Campaign
Nigeria 11/7/2016 50n issue=Anti-Corruption Campaign
Nigeria 12/13/2018 50n issue=60th Anniversary of the River State
Nigeria 12/13/2018 50n issue=60th Anniversary of the River State
Nigeria 12/13/2018 50n issue=60th Anniversary of the River State
Nigeria 12/13/2018 50n issue=60th Anniversary of the River State
Nigeria 4/25/2019 50n issue=African Drum Festival - Abeokuta, Nigeria
Nigeria 4/25/2019 100n issue=African Drum Festival - Abeokuta, Nigeria
Nigeria 10/2/2019 100n issue=150th Anniversary of the Birth of Mahatma Gandhi
Nigeria 10/2/2019 100n issue=150th Anniversary of the Birth of Mahatma Gandhi
Nigeria 8/27/2020 100n issue=100th Anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Nigeria 3/18/2021 100n issue=45th Anniversary of Abuja
Nigeria 12/30/2021 500N issue=60th Anniversary of Independence
Nigeria 12/30/2021 100n issue=60th Anniversary of Independence
Nigeria 10/24/2022 250N issue=Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Programme
Nigeria 9/2/2023 250N issue=Inauguration of the PAPU Tower

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