THE commemorative N100 banknote unveiled
recently by the President Goodluck Jonathan is to be officially issued
into circulation by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),
Godwin Emefiele, on Friday.
The ceremony billed for the Abuja Branch
of the CBN will be immediately followed by a simultaneous issuance of
the currency across the branches of the bank.
The commemorative note, which is
embedded with features to assist the visually impaired recognise genuine
notes, also has other security features easily identifiable through
look, feel and tilt of the currency note.
It will be recalled that the CBN
Governor, at the unveiling of the new banknote, explained that the new
note was designed with enhanced security to offer robust resistance
against counterfeiting.
Authentication features of the note
include window micro-optics, showing the national flag and numeral 100,
indicating the value of the denomination and the attainment of the
centenary period.
The new design retains the portrait of
Chief Obafemi Awolowo both in the ink, which is the inter-glow level, as
a portrait and also in a paper as a shadow image.
In addition, there is a spark feature of
a rolling manila bar, which was the instrument of transaction during
the slave trade era.
At the back side of the currency is the
introduced Quick Response Code (QRC), a digital communication feature
that highlights and sources all the information about the centenary.
With the QRC application, the barcode on the banknote can be scanned by users to read a brief history of Nigeria.
According to the bank, the commemorative note will circulate alongside the existing N 100 note.
Source: The Nation
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