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REPUBLIC OF BIAFRA (1967-1970).
The 1969 Proof Set. Second Anniversary of Independence. £ 25 (79.32g), £10 (40.03g), £5 (15.92), £2 (8.01g) & £1 (4.04g). Total gold weight 147g.
Gold. Rare. Mintage 3000 Proof Sets. R.
In Original Box of issue with the serial number 17. Proof & FDC
Biafra's declaration of independence from Nigeria resulted in civil war between Biafra and Nigeria. After two-and-a-half years of war, during which almost two million Biafran civilians (3/4 of them small children) died from starvation caused by the total blockade of the region by the Nigerian government, Biafran forces under Nigeria's motto of "No-victor, No-vanquished" surrendered to the Nigerian Federal Military Government (FMG). After the surrender of Biafra, some Igbos who had fled the conflict returned to their properties but were unable to claim them back from new occupants. This became law in the Abandoned Properties Act (28 September 1979). It was purported that at the start of the civil war, Igbos withdrew their funds from Nigerian banks and converted it to the Biafran currency. After the war, bank accounts owned by Biafrans were seized and a Nigerian panel resolved to give every Igbo person with an account only 20 pounds.
The 1969 Proof Set. Second Anniversary of Independence. £ 25 (79.32g), £10 (40.03g), £5 (15.92), £2 (8.01g) & £1 (4.04g). Total gold weight 147g.
Gold. Rare. Mintage 3000 Proof Sets. R.
In Original Box of issue with the serial number 17. Proof & FDC
Biafra's declaration of independence from Nigeria resulted in civil war between Biafra and Nigeria. After two-and-a-half years of war, during which almost two million Biafran civilians (3/4 of them small children) died from starvation caused by the total blockade of the region by the Nigerian government, Biafran forces under Nigeria's motto of "No-victor, No-vanquished" surrendered to the Nigerian Federal Military Government (FMG). After the surrender of Biafra, some Igbos who had fled the conflict returned to their properties but were unable to claim them back from new occupants. This became law in the Abandoned Properties Act (28 September 1979). It was purported that at the start of the civil war, Igbos withdrew their funds from Nigerian banks and converted it to the Biafran currency. After the war, bank accounts owned by Biafrans were seized and a Nigerian panel resolved to give every Igbo person with an account only 20 pounds.