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10 Birr Bearded Vulture
| Issuer | National Bank of Ethiopia |
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| Year | 1978 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The arms of the Derg-era Socialist Ethiopia occupy the central field, depicting a stylised gear wheel overlaid with a crossed rifle and hoe, symbolising the revolutionary government's worker-peasant alliance, surmounted by radiating sun rays. Below the gear, a small circular shield bearing the Lion of Judah with crossed spears is displayed. The central device is flanked on either side by upright sprays of wheat and olive branches. The two-line Ge'ez legend reading 'Socialist Ethiopia' is inscribed across the upper field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ኀብረተሰብአዊት ኢትዮጵያ (Translation: Socialist Ethiopia) |
| Reverse description | A highly detailed effigy of a Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) perches in right profile atop a naturalistically rendered rocky outcrop occupying the lower centre of the field. The bird's plumage is rendered with fine relief detail, its hooked beak open and its talons firmly gripping the rock. The Ge'ez numeral for the Ethiopian year '1970' (corresponding to 1978 CE) is inscribed in two lines at the upper left, with the denomination '10 Birr' rendered in Ge'ez script below it along the left field. |
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