Evidence coverage: 1973–1973. 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.
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
Decimal notes and coins began on 1 January 1973; one naira equalled ten old shillings, or two naira per pound.
C415The reproduced exchange notice keeps pound-denominated notes as tender through 14 February 1973, ending that status on 15 February.
C457The same reproduced notice keeps former coins as tender through 30 September 1973, ending that status on 1 October.
C458Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Decimal notes and coins began on 1 January 1973; one naira equalled ten old shillings, or two naira per pound.
opening paragraph; arithmetic from twenty-shilling pound
Obvious dimensions and coin-label problems elsewhere on the page are not used.
Denomination withdrawal is not extinction of the naira.
The reproduced Nigerian Decimal Currency Act converts one former Nigerian pound into two naira for covered contracts, liabilities and statutory references.
s.1(2)–(3); original Gazette not yet checked
Commencement header refers to sections absent from the displayed text; notice identifier/date also needs Gazette verification.
Reported provisions are retained with provenance qualification.
The reproduced exchange notice keeps pound-denominated notes as tender through 14 February 1973, ending that status on 15 February.
Decimal Currency (Exchange) Notice, paragraph 2; reproduction qualified
Commencement header refers to sections absent from the displayed text; notice identifier/date also needs Gazette verification.
Reported provisions are retained with provenance qualification.
The same reproduced notice keeps former coins as tender through 30 September 1973, ending that status on 1 October.
Decimal Currency (Exchange) Notice, paragraph 3; reproduction qualified
Commencement header refers to sections absent from the displayed text; notice identifier/date also needs Gazette verification.
Reported provisions are retained with provenance qualification.
The reproduced act’s commencement header and exchange-notice identifier contain unresolved dating/section inconsistencies, so they do not independently establish the legal commencement chronology.
Act heading and notice heading compared with displayed sections
Commencement header refers to sections absent from the displayed text; notice identifier/date also needs Gazette verification.
Reported provisions are retained with provenance qualification.