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1 Birr / Ethiopian Dollar
| Issuer | State Bank of Ethiopia |
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| Year | 1956-1959 |
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| Reference(s) | P#18 |
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| Obverse lettering | የኢትዮጵያ ፡ መንግሥት ፡ በንክ ፡፡ አንድ ፡ የኢትዮጵያ ፡ ብር ፡ ONE ETHIOPIAN DOLLAR ላምጭው ፡ እንዲከፈል ፡ ሕግ ፡ ያስገድዳል ። PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND STATE BANK OF ETHIOPIA GOVERNOR (Translation: State Bank of Ethiopia One Ethiopian Birr ... Payable to the bearer on demand ... Governor) |
| Reverse description | The central vignette presents the crowned Lion of Judah passant, holding a cross-tipped staff, set within an oval guilloche medallion. Elaborate multicolour rosette guilloche panels in green, red, and violet flank the central oval at left and right, with the Ge'ez denomination legend 'አንድ ፡ የኢትዮጵያ ፡ ብር ፡' inscribed in a rectangular panel below. The Ge'ez numeral ፩ ብር appears at upper left and the denomination '1 E$' at upper right, with the printer's imprint along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | ፩ ብር አንድ ፡ የኢትዮጵያ ፡ ብር ፡ 1 E$ BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co Lᵈ NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND. (Translation: 1 BIRR ONE ETHIOPIAN BIRR 1 E$) |
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