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1 Birr Arms with gear

Issuer National Bank of Ethiopia
Year 1977
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Currency Birr (1976-date)
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Obverse description Central vignette of a young Ethiopian boy in three-quarter portrait, rendered in intaglio on a green guilloche underprint, with a vignette of zebu cattle at right. At left, a map of Ethiopia with flag; a lion's head watermark area appears as a multicolour underprint in the centre. The bank title appears in Amharic and English across the top, with denomination inscriptions in Amharic and English at centre, and the ETHIOPIA TIKDEM slogan in both scripts at lower left.
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Reverse description Central vignette of two White-throated bee-eaters perched on branches at left, with the Tisisat (Blue Nile) waterfalls in the background rendered in fine intaglio line work on a green and multicolour guilloche underprint. The national arms (Type B, incorporating a gear wheel) appears at right, with denomination numerals and Amharic script inscriptions flanking the composition.
Reverse lettering 1 አንድ፡ብር፡ ፩፡ብር
(Translation: One Birr 1 Birr)
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