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    Nigeria Definitives 1953

    Sep 09, 2022 4 minutes

    When Queen Elizabeth ascended the throne, most territories did simple updates of their George VI designs, with just a change of frame or portrait.

    Nigeria started from a clean sheet. The country was struggling to find a constitution that gave equal representation to all the various regions and tribal interest groups in the newly-assembled nation. But in terms of commerce, there was a better story to tell. British Colonial policy was to encourage the production of surpluses and invest in infrastructure to get the produce to the posts for export. And Nigeria was a big country with a lot to offer the rest of the world.

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