Evidence coverage: 1967–1972. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
Documented obligations, prices or public accounting establish a scoped currency identity independently of surviving descendants.
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
A February 1969 sale of 110 tins of palm oil created a 1,650-Biafran-pound payment obligation expressly distinguished from Nigerian pounds.
Sources and qualifications →By the suit's filing on 17 February 1972, Biafran currency was no longer in legal use. The Supreme Court rejected replacement consideration in Nigerian pounds or naira and stated there was no official conversion rate.
Sources and qualifications →Symes reproduces provisions retaining Nigerian money in 1967 and a January 1968 announcement replacing it with Biafran currency. His postwar recall account says no proportional conversion occurred; a flat payment was used instead.
Sources and qualifications →Postwarrecall/flatgrant wasnot proportionalconversion ofBiafrandebts. Courtrefused substitutingNigeriancurrency for1969Biafranobligation.
Sources and qualifications →1967decree retained Nigerianmoney; January1968replacement establishes Biafran monetarysuccession; actual1969oil obligation denominated in Biafranpounds independently establishes contractualidentity. Originalnumismaticresearch reproduces law; directjudgment proves realunit. Exactfirstday and universalratio withheld. Supported relationship from explicit contemporary monetary succession; range and missing universal ratio remain scoped limitations, not a doubtful existence claim.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
A February 1969 sale of 110 tins of palm oil created a 1,650-Biafran-pound payment obligation expressly distinguished from Nigerian pounds.
C1410Symes reproduces provisions retaining Nigerian money in 1967 and a January 1968 announcement replacing it with Biafran currency. His postwar recall account says no proportional conversion occurred; a flat payment was used instead.
C1412Postwarrecall/flatgrant wasnot proportionalconversion ofBiafrandebts. Courtrefused substitutingNigeriancurrency for1969Biafranobligation.
C1466Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
A February 1969 sale of 110 tins of palm oil created a 1,650-Biafran-pound payment obligation expressly distinguished from Nigerian pounds.
Opening facts (February 1969 oil sale); discussion of Decree 48/1968; final paragraphs on absence of official conversion and prohibited substitution
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Limits: Publisher is a legal transcription site.
By the suit's filing on 17 February 1972, Biafran currency was no longer in legal use. The Supreme Court rejected replacement consideration in Nigerian pounds or naira and stated there was no official conversion rate.
Opening facts (February 1969 oil sale); discussion of Decree 48/1968; final paragraphs on absence of official conversion and prohibited substitution
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Limits: Publisher is a legal transcription site.
Symes reproduces provisions retaining Nigerian money in 1967 and a January 1968 announcement replacing it with Biafran currency. His postwar recall account says no proportional conversion occurred; a flat payment was used instead.
Attributed article beginning below the page introduction; The Bank of Biafra; The first Republic of Biafra Bank note issue; final recall paragraphs before Bibliography
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
The Biafran payment unit separated regionally from the retained Nigerian-pound system in January 1968. The reviewed evidence does not establish a universal conversion ratio.
Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R-V26-007. Originalnumismaticresearch reproduces law; directjudgment proves realunit. Exactfirstday and universalratio withheld. Supported relationship from explicit contemporary monetary succession; range and missing universal ratio remain scoped limitations, not a doubtful existence claim. Replacement evidence: C1589.
Attributed article beginning below the page introduction; The Bank of Biafra; The first Republic of Biafra Bank note issue; final recall paragraphs before Bibliography; Opening facts (February 1969 oil sale); discussion of Decree 48/1968; final paragraphs on absence of official conversion and prohibited substitution
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Attributed article beginning below the page introduction; The Bank of Biafra; The first Republic of Biafra Bank note issue; final recall paragraphs before Bibliography; Opening facts (February 1969 oil sale); discussion of Decree 48/1968; final paragraphs on absence of official conversion and prohibited substitution
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Limits: Publisher is a legal transcription site.
Extinct without proportional redemption; no Biafran-pound-to-naira conversion edge.
Opening facts (February 1969 oil sale); discussion of Decree 48/1968; final paragraphs on absence of official conversion and prohibited substitution; Attributed article beginning below the page introduction; The Bank of Biafra; The first Republic of Biafra Bank note issue; final recall paragraphs before Bibliography
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Limits: Publisher is a legal transcription site.
Opening facts (February 1969 oil sale); discussion of Decree 48/1968; final paragraphs on absence of official conversion and prohibited substitution; Attributed article beginning below the page introduction; The Bank of Biafra; The first Republic of Biafra Bank note issue; final recall paragraphs before Bibliography
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Postwarrecall/flatgrant wasnot proportionalconversion ofBiafrandebts. Courtrefused substitutingNigeriancurrency for1969Biafranobligation.
Opening facts (February 1969 oil sale); discussion of Decree 48/1968; final paragraphs on absence of official conversion and prohibited substitution; Attributed article beginning below the page introduction; The Bank of Biafra; The first Republic of Biafra Bank note issue; final recall paragraphs before Bibliography
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Limits: Publisher is a legal transcription site.
Opening facts (February 1969 oil sale); discussion of Decree 48/1968; final paragraphs on absence of official conversion and prohibited substitution; Attributed article beginning below the page introduction; The Bank of Biafra; The first Republic of Biafra Bank note issue; final recall paragraphs before Bibliography
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
1967decree retained Nigerianmoney; January1968replacement establishes Biafran monetarysuccession; actual1969oil obligation denominated in Biafranpounds independently establishes contractualidentity.
Attributed article beginning below the page introduction; The Bank of Biafra; The first Republic of Biafra Bank note issue; final recall paragraphs before Bibliography; Opening facts (February 1969 oil sale); discussion of Decree 48/1968; final paragraphs on absence of official conversion and prohibited substitution
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Attributed article beginning below the page introduction; The Bank of Biafra; The first Republic of Biafra Bank note issue; final recall paragraphs before Bibliography; Opening facts (February 1969 oil sale); discussion of Decree 48/1968; final paragraphs on absence of official conversion and prohibited substitution
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Limits: Publisher is a legal transcription site.
Postwarrecall/flatgrant wasnot proportionalconversion ofBiafrandebts. Courtrefused substitutingNigeriancurrency for1969Biafranobligation.
Opening facts (February 1969 oil sale); discussion of Decree 48/1968; final paragraphs on absence of official conversion and prohibited substitution; Attributed article beginning below the page introduction; The Bank of Biafra; The first Republic of Biafra Bank note issue; final recall paragraphs before Bibliography
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Limits: Publisher is a legal transcription site.
Opening facts (February 1969 oil sale); discussion of Decree 48/1968; final paragraphs on absence of official conversion and prohibited substitution; Attributed article beginning below the page introduction; The Bank of Biafra; The first Republic of Biafra Bank note issue; final recall paragraphs before Bibliography
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.