NG-2020-08
West African Lion — ₦500
₦500 · 2020 · Nigeria Biodiversity Definitives
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Face value
₦5
Issued
2021
Status
Current
Wildlife
Contemporary
Grey Parrot — ₦5
A recess-printed study of one of Nigeria's emblematic species, from the Nigeria Biodiversity Definitives series. The die proof and colour separations are held in the Bureau archive.
- Catalogue no.
- NG-2021-10
- Issued on
- 3 October 2021
- Withdrawn
- In circulation
- Designer
- NSPM Design Unit
- Printer
- De La Rue, London
- Process
- Lithography
- Perforation
- 14 × 13½
- Watermark
- Multiple Crown Script CA
- Size
- 25 × 30 mm
- Colours
- Sepia & carmine
- Print run
- 250,000
- WNS
- NG2021010
- Stanley Gibbons
- SG 3016
- Scott
- 2034
Varieties & notes
A minor perforation shift is recorded on the second printing.