Centenary N100 Note goes into Circulation Today

                      

The Central bank Today says theN100 note will be release today 19Th Dec in a statement by Ibrahim Mua'zu,Head Corporation Communiaction in Abuja.

"The commemorative note will circulate alongside the existing N100 note.

"The 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 said.

"The new design retains the portrait of Chief Obafemi Awolowo both in the ink, that 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 highlighted and sourced all the information about the centenary, " it said .

According to the statement, the QRC application, the bar code on the banknote, can be scanned by users to read a brief history of Nigeria.

It recalled that the apex bank, in 2010, issued commemorative N50 polymer note to mark Nigeria’s 50th Independence Anniversary celebration.(NAN)