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Who still remembers the 50 kobo note? The 50k note was one of the 4 denominations (50k, ₦1, ₦5 and ₦10) to be introduced on January 1, 1973. Before the introduction of the Nigerian Naira-Kobo currency, the country had used the Nigerian pounds and shillings which were issued on the 1st of July 1959, and before 1959, Nigerians made use of different forms of money including cowries and manilas in a traditional form of exchange known as barter.
The image on the front of the 50k note is that of the Central Bank Building in Lagos, and at the back is that of log cutters. The watermark is a heraldic eagle. The notes were last issued in 1989 and were coined in 1991.

If you used the 50 kobo notes comment below.

OP is referring to 50 Kobo: a currency note that was issued only just "yesterday"!
Hmmnnn....

So what do you want to say to those of us that spent its predecessor, the 5 shillings note?

Before the introduction of Naira and Kobo in 1973, we were using Pounds, Shillings and Pence.
12 pence make 1 shilling
20 shillings make 1 pound

I hereby present to you, the 5 shillings note which was the equivalent of 50 kobo when decimalisation changed our Pounds, Shillings and Pence to Naira and Kobo

Let me seize the opportunity to show you the back of the 5 shillings note

Now, with both notes side by side

Mehn i didn't even see or hear about it when i was growing up lol.

omaolowo:
OP is referring to 50 Kobo: a currency note that was issued only just "yesterday"!
Hmmnnn....

So what do you want to say to those of us that spent its predecessor, the 5 shillings note?

Before the introduction of Naira and Kobo in 1973, we were using Pounds, Shillings and Pence.
12 pence make 1 shilling
20 shillings make 1 pound

I hereby present to you, the 5 shillings note which was the equivalent of 50 kobo when decimalisation changed our Pounds, Shillings and Pence to Naira and Kobo

Wow

SIaye:
Mehn i didn't even see or hear about it when i was growing up lol.

Lol

Those are the good old days, am sure back then the money had value unlike the useless naira notes we have now.

I used it. It could buy sizable groundnut in late 80's.

Never used shillings anyway

When Naira had value

omaolowo:
Let me seize the opportunity to show you the back of the 5 shillings note

Wow, I'm awestruck!

I guess you're a grand daddy now?

FIDELITY24:
Those are the good old days, am sure back then the money had value unlike the useless naira notes we have now.

True

agarawu23:
When Naira had value

Lool

Virus777:


Wow, I'm awestruck!

I guess you're a grand daddy now?

wow..when Nigeria was Nigeria