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10 Dollars - Hailé Selassié I 2nd reign, Golden Jubilee, Reverse Trial
| Issuer | National Bank of Ethiopia |
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| Year | 1966 |
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| Composition | Gold plated bronze |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the Lion of Judah passant, crowned and bearing a cross-topped sceptre over its right shoulder, rendered in high relief against a plain field. To the left of the lion appears the Ge'ez numeral ፲ (ten) with the abbreviation ብር below, and to the right the denomination 10 E$ in Fraktur blackletter style. A circular legend in Ge'ez script runs along the upper periphery, while the date in both Ge'ez numerals (፲፱፻፶፰) and Gregorian numerals (1966) appears in the lower field, with EMPIRE OF ETHIOPIA inscribed below in Fraktur blackletter along the lower rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | ፲ ብር 10 E $ ፲፱፻፶፰ 1966 EMPIRE OF ETHIOPIA |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely plain, presenting a blank, uniface field with no design, legend, or devices. A small rectangular hallmark punch reading 'MET' is visible at the lower centre of the field, identifying this piece as a trial or pattern strike. The surface shows the gold plating over the bronze planchet with visible die marks and handling consistent with a pattern or test piece. |
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