Old Nigerian money: three clear questions
Use the calculator for naira from 1973 onwards. Choose a guide for earlier pounds, the familiar ₦100 question or an old salary.
This result is an estimate of the amount’s value at 2025 prices. Price comparisons use annual data through 2025. Only optional currency conversions use a recent exchange rate.
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NIGERIA · CURRENCY BEFORE 1973
Pounds to naira in 1973
How Nigeria moved from West African and Nigerian pounds to naira, and what £1 = ₦2 meant at the 1973 change.
Read guide →NIGERIA · ₦100 THROUGH TIME₦100 then and now
Compare ₦100 in 1973, 1990 and 1999 with today, while keeping rice, fuel, rent and old banknote prices separate.
Read guide →NIGERIA · SALARY AND INFLATIONNigeria salary inflation
Compare how a salary changed with how everyday Nigerian prices changed, while also considering food costs, location and the naira-dollar rate separately.
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