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10 Shillings Leopard Tortoise

10 Shillings (Leopard Tortoise) - obverse10 Shillings (Leopard Tortoise) - reverse

© Rojomano

Features

Pretended issuer Biafra (Nigeria)
Type Fantasy coins
Year 2018
Currency Pound (1967-1970)
Composition Brass
Weight 12.7 g
Diameter 31 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
159095

Obverse

Biafra Free State coat of arms with date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BIAFRA FREE STATE
PEACE+UNITY+FREEDOM
2018

Reverse

Leopard tortoiset going left; denomination below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
10
shillings
LEOPARD TORTOISE

Edge

Plain

Mint

LSSDB "Topaz" (Lviv State Special Design Bureau "Topaz") (Львівське державне спеціальне конструкторське бюро "Топаз"), Ukraine (1973-now)

Comments

Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria that existed from 30 May 1967 to 15 January 1970, taking its name from the Bight of Biafra (the Atlantic bay to its south). The inhabitants were mostly the Igbo people who led the secession due to economic, ethnic, cultural and religious tensions among the various peoples of Nigeria. The creation of the new country was among the causes of the Nigerian Civil War.

There are still a number of political and clandestine organisations that want an independent country for the Igbo People of south-eastern Nigeria.

One of the most active groups is the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB). They accuse the state of marginalising the Igbo people. MASSOB says it is a peaceful group and advertises a plan to achieve its goal peacefully. There are two arms to the government, the Biafra Government in Exile and Biafra Shadow Government. In 2009, MASSOB launched "the Biafran International Passport" in response to persistent demand by Biafrans in diaspora.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
2018 

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