Currency history
Nigerian naira
Nigerian naira: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- NGN
- Ancestry branch
- Sterling
Its place in the family
All ancestors and descendants ↗Nigerian naira
This currencyChildren 0
No successor is established here.
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Nigerian naira
Nigerian pound
West African Currency Board pound
Pound sterling
1 later contribution joined this currency. See those connections →
Frankish denier–livre
Roman solidus–nomisma
Roman as–denarius accounting
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
1 later contribution joined this currency. See those connections →
The story
The reproduced exchange notice keeps pound-denominated notes as tender through 14 February 1973, ending that status on 15 February. [1]
Turning points
Sources and evidence
- Nigeria; text reproduced by Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre · Decimal Currency Act and Decimal Currency (Exchange) Notice C457 ↗
- Central Bank of Nigeria · 1973 Currency Issue C415 ↗
- Nigeria; text reproduced by Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre · Decimal Currency Act and Decimal Currency (Exchange) Notice C458 ↗
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“Nigerian naira.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000644.html