NGN Cash Counter for Nigerian Naira Notes and Coins

The NGN Cash Counter totals Nigerian naira notes and coins in exact integer kobo. Group the physical cash by kind and face value, enter whole non-negative quantities, and verify every subtotal. The page and live locked calculator share the same reviewed CBN denomination definition.

Count valid old and redesigned notes together

The default notes are ₦1,000, ₦500, ₦200, ₦100, ₦50, ₦20, ₦10, and ₦5. The default coins are ₦2, ₦1, and 50 kobo. CBN's Legal Tender and Security Features pages, accessed 30 August 2026, provide the ordinary working set.

The ₦200, ₦500, and ₦1,000 values need a design-specific warning. CBN first confirmed that old designs remain legal tender alongside redesigned notes, and its 24 October 2024 release says there is no circulation deadline. A verified old ₦1,000 and redesigned ₦1,000 therefore share one ₦1,000 note row.

TheCashCount cannot authenticate either design. Use current CBN security and handling guidance before including an uncertain note. “No deadline” protects the lifecycle of valid notes; it does not make every piece genuine or fit for recirculation.

Preserve the official disagreement over small kobo coins

CBN's live legal-tender page includes one- and ten-kobo coins. Its operational Clean Note Policy instead describes the coin structure in circulation as ₦2, ₦1, and 50 kobo. Neither source supplies a clear later withdrawal decision for the two small values.

Production keeps one and ten kobo countable but optional. That is more honest than presenting them as routine drawer cash or declaring them retired without an official withdrawal boundary. Enable those rows only when a verified coin is physically present and accepted into the Cash Count.

Historic half-kobo also needs restraint. Half a kobo cannot be represented by the currency's two-digit integer minor unit, and the reviewed current sources do not make it an active operational row. The calculator does not invent a fractional-kobo input to accommodate historical material.

A replacement coin does not revive a withdrawn note

CBN's currency history records the old ₦1 and 50-kobo banknotes as withdrawn when coin denominations replaced them. The current ₦1 coin and 50-kobo coin remain visible, but their note predecessors are excluded.

Physical kind is part of a denomination row. An old paper item marked “1 naira” cannot be counted in the ₦1 coin row merely because the numeral agrees. The same boundary keeps withdrawn 5-, 20-, and 25-kobo coins out of current cash even though other kobo values remain countable.

Fitness for circulation is not face-value arithmetic

CBN's Clean Note Policy and Banknote Handling Practices distinguish clean, unfit, mutilated, and damaged notes and describe appropriate handling. A note can have a current face value while its physical condition prevents ordinary recirculation or sends it to a bank process.

The calculator adds the quantity the organisation accepts into inventory. It does not inspect security features, measure damage, or promise reimbursement. Keep doubtful pieces separate until the official process establishes how they should be handled.

A repeatable naira Cash Count

Count the notes from ₦1,000 down to ₦5, then the default coins from ₦2 to 50 kobo. Turn on optional kobo values only for verified pieces in hand. Check each subtotal before comparing Cash Count with Expected Cash, and independently recount any Over or Short result.

The worked example combines two ₦1,000 notes and one 50-kobo coin. Its ₦2,000.50 result is generated from 200,050 integer kobo by the production calculation and formatter used in the locked NGN calculator.