Live auction - fwo_897085 - BIAFRA 1 Pound 1969

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Estimate :	200 €
Price :	230 €
Maximum bid :	240 €
End of the sale :	09 April 2024 19:27:02
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : 1 Pound

Date: 1969

Quantity minted : -

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 750 ‰

Diameter : 38 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 24,81 g.

Edge : cannelée

Coments on the condition:

Petite tache noire sur le buste de l’aigle. Monnaie agréable dans l’ensemble

Catalogue references :

KM20/6

Obverse

Obverse legend : REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA //1969 .

Obverse description : Armoiries.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ONE 1 POUND.

Reverse description : Aigle tenant un parchemin.

Commentary

Majoritairement peuplé de ibos, le Biafra est un état sécessionniste de la république fédérale du Nigéria situé au sud est qui exista du 30 mai 1967 au 12 janvier 1970. La reprise de cette région et des précieux champs pétroliers du delta causa une famine et des millions de morts..
Mostly populated by Igbos, Biafra is a breakaway state of the Federal Republic of Nigeria located in the southeast which existed from May 30, 1967 to January 12, 1970. The recapture of this region and the valuable oil fields of the delta caused famine and millions of deaths.