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1 Birr Arms with plough, Green sides
| Issuer | National Bank of Ethiopia |
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| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black and dark green intaglio printing on light brown and green underprint, with a lion's head vignette in the left-centre underprint and a map of Ethiopia at left. A young man is positioned at centre right, with longhorn cattle at right. Multi-colour guilloche patterns frame the composition, with bilingual Amharic and English legends throughout. |
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| Obverse lettering | ፩፡ብር የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ National Bank of Ethiopia መስከረም፡፲፱፻፷፱፡ዓ፡ም፡ አንድ፡ብር፡ ONE BIRR የኢትዮጵያ፡ሕጋዊ፡ገንዘብ LEGAL TENDER IN ETHIOPIA ኢትዮጵያ ትቅደም ETHIOPIA TIKDEM 1 (Translation: 1 Birr National Bank of Ethiopia September 1969 A.M. One Birr Legal Tender in Ethiopia Ethiopia First) |
| Reverse description | Black intaglio on multicolour underprint. A vignette of white-throated bee-eaters in flight is paired with a view of the Tisisat waterfalls of the Blue Nile at centre. The national arms (Type A, with plough) appears at right, all within a decorative guilloche border. |
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