Vorderseite: Palme vor dem Hintergrund einer großen aufgehenden Sonne.
Rückseite: Nominale innerhalb eines Manillas, eines traditionellen westafrikanischen Zahlungsmittels aus Kupfer oder Bronze in der Form eines offenen Armreifs; Vier junge Mädchen vom afrikanischen Stamm der Ibo.

Front side: Palm tree and a stylized large rising sun in the background.
Back side: Denomination in the center of a manilla, a traditional West African means of payment made of copper or bronze in the shape of a armlet with an opening; Four young Ibo girls.

B103a

Not dated. Two serial numbers on the front side.
Signatures of Sylvester U. Ugoh (as GOVERNOR) and William Okefie Uzoaga (as DIRECTOR). No watermark. No security thread. Two red horizontal 7-digit serial numbers on the front side. Both have a double letter prefix and digits of the same size. Unknown printer.

B103ar

Not dated. Without serial numbers.
Signatures of Sylvester U. Ugoh (as GOVERNOR) and William Okefie Uzoaga (as DIRECTOR). No watermark. No security thread. No serial numbers on the front side. Unknown printer.

Remarks

Introduced in February 1969.

The bold text at the beginning of the description of every variety indicates those elements, which are necessary to identify the correct variety (if any) without any doubt. The date or the remark Not dated is always given.
[Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (P-3); Banknote Book (B103)]