Understanding Money In Edo By Uwagboe Ogieva

Vbe n'a ya kẹ igho vbe Ẹdo n'ogben Uwagboẹ Ogieva

Before the coming of the European or English pounds and shillings, Edo people were using cowries - 'ikpigho', as a form of money in economic, trade and social transactions. Over time, this was done away with and a new form of money was introduce.
Today Edo people use 'ENAIRA' and "IKOBO” (Naira and Kobo). However, Edo system of counting money is a beat different numerically. In Edo, 10 kobo (10 ikọbọ) is equal to Isele ọkpa, 100 kobo equal to Isele igbe.

1 kobo = 1 ikọbọ | 10 kobo = (10 ikọbọ) - Isele ọkpa | 100 kobo = Isele igbe	[ọkpa = 1, Ikpen/Ikpon = 2, igbe = 10, ẹkpo = 200, Iyisen = 100, Arriaisen = 1000]
1 naira = Isele igbe 2 naira = Ikpen ọkpa 3 naira = Ikpen ọkpa vbe Isele igbe (ọkpa vb’igbe) 4 naira = Ikpen eva 5 naira = Ikpen eva vbe Isele igbe (eva vb’igbe) 6 naira = Ikpen eha 7 naira = Ikpen eha vbe Isele igbe (eha vb’igbe) 8 naira = Ikpen enen 9 naira =Ikpen enen vbe Isele igbe (ọkpa vb’igbe) 10 naira = Ikpen isen	10 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon isen 20 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon igbe 30 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon ekesugie 40 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon ugie 50 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon isen yan ugie 60 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon ọgban 70 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon isen yan ọgban 80 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon iyeva 90 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon isen yan iyeva 100 naira = Ikpen/Ikpon ekigbesiyeha
200 naira = Ikpen iyisen / Ẹkpo ọkpa 300 naira = Ẹkpo ọkpa vb'ukhionmwen 400 naira = Ẹkpo eva 500 naira = Ẹkpo eva vb'ukhionmwen 600 naira = Ẹkpo eha 700 naira = Ẹkpo eha vb'ukhionmwen 800 naira = Ẹkpo enen 900 naira = Ẹkpo enen vb'ukhionmwen 1000 naria = Ẹkpo isen	2000 naira = Ẹkpo igbe 3000 naira = Ẹkpo ekesugie 4000 naira = Ẹkpo ugie 5000 naira = Ẹkpo isen yan ugie 6000 naira = Ẹkpo ọgban 7000 naira = Ẹkpo isen yan ọgban 8000 naira = Ẹkpo iyeva 9000 naira = Ẹkpo isen yan iyeva 10000 naira = Ẹkpo ekigbesiyeha More on Money in Edo

Isele ọkpa = 10 ikọbọ	Isele igbe (10) = (100) ikọbọ iyisen enaira ọkpa   ₦ 1 (ra) Isele igbe	Isele ugie (20) = (200) ikọbọ iyisen eva enaira eva   ₦ 2 (ra) ikpen ọkpa (2 x 1)
Isele ogban (30) = (300) ikọbọ iyisen eha enaira eha  ₦ 3 (ra) ikpen ọkpa vbe isele igbe / (ọkpa vb'igbe)	Isele iyeva (40) = (400) ikọbọ iyisen enen enaira enen  ₦ 4 (ra) ikpen eva (2 x 2)	Isele ekigbesiyeha (50) = (500) ikọbọ iyisen isen enaira isen  ₦ 5 (ra) ikpen eva vbe isele igbe / (eva vb'igbe)
Isele iyeha (60) = (600) ikọbọ iyisen ehan enaira ehan  ₦ 6 (ra) ikpen eha (2 x 3)	Isele ekigbesiyenen (70) = (700) ikọbọ iyisen ihinrin enaira ihinrin  ₦ 7 (ra) ikpen eha vbe isele igbe / (eha vb'igbe)	Isele iyenen (80) = (800) ikọbọ iyisen erenren enaira erenren  ₦ 8 (ra) ikpen enen (2 x 4)
Isele ekigbesiyisen (90) = (900) ikọbọ iyisen ihinron enaira ihinron  ₦ 9 (ra) ikpen enen vbe isele igbe / (enen vb'igbe)	Isele iyisen (100) = (1000) ikọbọ arriaisen enaira igbe  ₦ 10 (ra) Ikpen isen (2 x 5)	Isele arriaisen (1,000) = (10,000) ikọbọ arriaisen igbe enaira iyisen ( ₦ 100) Ikpen ekigbesiyeha (2 x 50) (ra) ukhionmwen ẹkpo (200/2)