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1 Birr / 1 Ethiopian Dollar - Haile Selassie I
| Issuer | National Bank of Ethiopia |
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| Year | 1966 |
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| Currency | Birr / Ethiopian Dollar (1945-1976) |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio print on a guilloche underprint. A portrait vignette of Emperor Haile Selassie I (born Lij Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael) is positioned to the right, with a central background vignette of Massawa Harbour. Bank name and value inscriptions appear in both Amharic and English. |
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| Reverse description | Dark green intaglio print on an intricate guilloche underprint composed of fine lathe-work and repeated microtext reading 'NATIONAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA'. The central vignette presents the Lion of Judah in profile, crowned and holding a cross-topped staff with a banner, set within a radiant geometric surround. Denomination panels in Amharic script appear at lower left and lower right, with the value inscription in a solid dark band along the bottom margin and the printer's imprint below. |
| Reverse lettering | ፩፡ብር አንድ፡የኢትዮጵያ፡ብር THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED |
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