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10 Thalers / Birr
| Issuer | Bank of Abyssinia |
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| Year | 1915-1929 |
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| Size | 169 × 88 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a leopard in a naturalistic pose, set against a radiating guilloche underprint in green and brown tones. A lion passant appears at the left margin and a classical building vignette at the right; corner numerals read '10' and '1' in alternating positions. The bank name and denomination legends are rendered in both Latin and Ge'ez scripts, with the payability clause in French across the lower portion. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF ABYSSINIA የኢትዮጵያ፡ባንክ። DIX THALERS አስር፡ብር። PAYABLES A ADDIS-ABABA AU PORTEUR ADIS-ABABA ፀዳሊ፡ሃሃ። POUR BANK OF ABYSSINIA ቤል፡አስቀድዮ፡ ባንኩ። GOUVERNEUR አንሩ። አዲስ፡አበባ፡ሌ፡አስቀሙ፡ ወ፡ሚኒሌፉ። (Translation: Bank of Ethiopia Ten Birr Payable at Addis Ababa to the Bearer Governor) |
| Reverse description | Intricate geometric guilloche design in green and purple tones, centred on a rectangular panel bearing the bank name in Ge'ez script flanked by Ethiopic numeral '፲'. Elaborate rosette and arabesque underprint elements fill the field symmetrically, with '10' numerals in large format at the left and right margins. The overall composition is entirely typographic and ornamental, with no pictorial vignette. |
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