1 Crown Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu

Features

Issuer	Biafra (Nigeria)
Period	Republic (1967-1970)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	1969
Value	1 Crown (¼)
Currency	Pound (1967-1970)
Composition	Silver
Weight	28 g
Diameter	41 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 69782
References	KM# 5 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu

Obverse

Odumegwu Ojukwu bust facing right. Lettering on outer circle.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA
*1969*

Reverse

Coconut palm tree (Cocos nucifera) in beaded circle. Denomination below and motto above.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
INDEPENDENCE AND LIBERTY
• ONE CROWN •

Comments

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, chief of staff during Biafra's brief independence 1967-1970. A portion of Eastern Nigeria is home largely to members of the Ibo tribe. This area seceded from Nigeria in 1967 and began a war against the federal government of Nigeria that lasted almost three years and claimed over 2,000,000 lives in that period. Biafra surrendered to the government on January 15, 1970, thus ending the brief, and bloody war.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1969									$ 8300	$ 9500

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Stacks Bowers August 2024 Global Showcase Auction Lot 42032	12 Aug 2024	UNC (NGC MS61)	USD 9550.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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	Stephen Album Auction 49 Lot 1104	13 Jun 2024	UNC (PCGS MS63)	USD 9600.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
© Stephen Album Rare Coins
	Heritage Auctions 2023 May 3 - 5 CSNS World Coins Platinum Session and Signature® Auction 3107 Lot 30085	3 May 2023	UNC (NGC MS62)	USD 9000.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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	Heritage Auctions 2018 August 17 ANA WFOM World Coins & Ancient Coins Platinum Night Auction - Philadelphia 3066 Lot 30147	17 Aug 2018	UNC (NGC MS65)	USD 15 600.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Stephen Album Auction 27 Lot 1166	19 Jan 2017	UNC (NGC MS61)	USD 8812.50 (incl. buyer's premium)
© Stephen Album Rare Coins
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Stacks Bowers January 2019 NYINC Auction Lot 40036	11 Jan 2019	AU (NGC AU58)	USD 8400.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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	Stephen Album Auction 18 Lot 2185	16 Jan 2014	AU (NGC AU58)	USD 15 535.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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	Stephen Album Auction 32 Lot 1417	13 Sep 2018	AU (PCGS AU58)	USD 5581.25 (incl. buyer's premium)
© Stephen Album Rare Coins