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fwo_231341 - BIAFRA 1 Shilling aigle / palmier 1969

BIAFRA 1 Shilling aigle / palmier 1969 AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : 1 Shilling aigle / palmier
Date: 1969
Quantity minted : -
Metal : aluminium
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
KM20/2

Obverse

Obverse legend : REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA //1969 // 1 / *SHILLING*.
Obverse description : aigle aux ailes déployées posé sur une défense d’éléphant.

Reverse

Reverse legend : PEACE·UNITY·FREEDOM.
Reverse description : palmier et soleil levant.

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..

Historical background

BIAFRA

(1967-1970)

Biafra is a region in the south-east of Nigeria mainly populated by the Igbos. Following serious ethnic unrest sparked by a series of coups, the region seceded on May 30, 1967 and became the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra. At the end of a long and deadly war and against a backdrop of humanitarian crisis, the last Biafran armed forces capitulated on January 9, 1970. Biafra was reintegrated into Nigeria on January 15, 1970.

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