kobon.
/ˈkəʊbəʊ/, U.S. /ˈkoʊboʊ/, West African English /ˈkobo/ A unit of currency in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, equal to 1/ 100 naira.
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1972 N.Y. Times 9 Aug. 14 Kobo..is a corruption of the word ‘copper’ and the popular term here [i.e. in Nigeria] for a penny, a copper coin... The kobo, symbolized by a lower-case k, will be produced in coins of one-half kobo, 1, 5, 10 and 25 kobo.
1972 Times 9 Oct. (Nigeria Suppl.) p. viii/4 The new currency being introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria consists of naira and kobo... Kobo was the popular name for the old penny pieces... The new kobo is the same size as the old Nigerian shilling and carries a depiction of cocoa seeds.
1973 Whitaker's Almanack 985 Nigeria (Federal Republic of)... Naira = 100 Kobo.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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