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Yep... and here's the Naira redenomination.

There have been over 60 redenominations in recent history. This is nothing new. The all are basically the same.
It ALWAYS involves a new currency replacing an old currency.

http://www.gamji.com/article6000/NEWS7367.htm
From the link

1. The Theory of Currency Redenomination

Technically, currency redenomination is defined as the process whereby a country’s currency is recalibrated due to significant inflation and currency devaluation. In general terms, however, it is simply referred to as the “dropping of zeros” from a currency.

For example, in January 2005, Turkey dropped or removed 6 zeros from its currency, the Lira (L), and replaced it with the new Turkish Lira (YTL) with conversion rate of million lira (1,000,000L) = one YTL (1YTL). Also, in July 2005, Romania dropped or “knocked off” four zeros from its currency, the leu (ROL), when it replaced it with the new Romanian leu (RON) with a conversion rate of 10,000ROL = 1RON. In July 2007, the Ghana redenominated its currency, the cedi, by making one new Ghanaian cedi (GHc) equal to 10,000 old cedi (c), i.e. by dropping four zeros. Come August 2008, the CBN plans to convert 100 naira into one new naira, i.e. drop two zeros.

The introduction of a single European currency, the Euro, on January 1, 1999 can be viewed as a redenomination of the national currencies of some of the participating countries that had high “old currency”/Euro or dollar ratios such, as Italy, Portugal, Spain and Belgium because their conversion rates were fixed at 1 Euro = 1,936.27 Italian Lira (ITL) = 200.482 Portuguese Escudo (PTE) = 166.386 Spanish Peseta (ESP) = 40.3399 Belgian Franc (BEF) = 1.18 US Dollar. However, the Euro was physically non-existent until January 1, 2002 (“E-day”).

Currency redenomination is not a new phenomenon. It dates back to the 19th century but the most spectacular one was that of the German currency in the 1920s. According to Layna Mosley, “Among developing and transition nations, currency redenomination was employed on 60 occasions during the 1960-2003 period. These redenominations varied in size, from removing one zero from the currency (14 instances) to removing six zeros (9 instances); the median redenomination was three zeros, dividing the currency by 1000. Nineteen countries have used redenomination on one occasion, while ten countries have redenominated twice (sometimes, with many years in between, as in Bolivia, in 1963 and 1987; in other cases, redenominations follow rather quickly, as in Peru in 1985 and 1991). Argentina (4), the former Yugoslavia/Serbia (5), and Brazil (6) are the most frequent users of redenomination”.

In the ongoing debate about the redenomination of the Nigerian currency, some commentators have been using the terms redenomination and revaluation interchangeably, i.e. to mean the same thing. Technically, this is wrong. Currency redenomination is different from both currency revaluation and currency appreciation. In strict terms, redenomination does not increase the “value” (or strength) of a currency in relation to other currencies per se. What happens when a currency is redenominated is that some zeros are dropped in the official exchange rate at “conversion” date, e.g. one US dollar = 1.25 new Naira (NN) = 125 “old naira” (N) on August 1, 2008 (i.e. NN1.0 = N100.00). On the other hand, currency revaluation is an increase in the value of a currency vis-à-vis other currencies under a fixed exchange rate system, i.e. when the government or monetary authorities arbitrarily fix the exchange rate. For instance, the naira is revalued when the exchange rate is changed from IUS$ =N130 to 1US$ = N125, i.e. increase in the value or strength of the naira because you now need fewer naira to buy a dollar. Devaluation is the opposite of revaluation, i.e. a decrease in the value of a currency via-a-vis other currencies under a fixed exchange rate system, e.g. change from 1US$=N125 to 1US$ to N130, meaning a decrease or fall in the strength or value of the naira because you will need more naira to buy a dollar. The terms currency appreciation and depreciation are used to describe a decrease and increase, respectively, in the value or strength of a currency vis-à-vis other currencies under a floating exchange rate system, i.e. when market forces generate changes in the value of the currency. However, it is possible for currency redenomination to occur (pari passu) with revaluation or appreciation, for instance, if on the day of redenomination in August 2008, the new exchange rate is fixed 1US$=NN1.25 when the exchange rate just before the redenomination was 1US$=N128 (with NN1.0 = N100). Similarly, redenomination can occur with devaluation or depreciation if the exchange rate is fixed at 1US$=NN1.25 when the exchange rate just before the redenomination was 1US$=N123.