fwo_231347 - BIAFRA 2 1/2 Shilling aigle / palmier 1969
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 95.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : 2 1/2 Shilling aigle / palmier
Date: 1969
Quantity minted : -
Metal : aluminium
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : lisse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA //1969 // 2 1/2 / *SHILLING*.
Obverse description : léopard.
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..
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.
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.
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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