2 Shillings, Nigeria, 1959
date: label: Date made
content: 1959
name: label: head of government
content: Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 2 shilling coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: Nigeria, 1959
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Profile of Queen Elizabeth II facing right.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Peanut plant in center.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: FEDERATION OF NIGERIA / TWO SHILLINGS / 1959
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: Nigeria
label: associated place
content: Nigeria
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: West African Currency
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Chase Manhattan Bank
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.79.112.CM01203A.4
label: catalog number
content: 79.112.CM01203A.4
label: accession number
content: 1979.1263
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper-nickel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .23 cm x 2.68 cm; 3/32 in x 1 1/16 in