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100 Birr
| Issuer | National Bank of Ethiopia |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Printer | Giesecke & Devrient, Munich, Germany |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is rendered predominantly in dark green intaglio on a pale guilloche ground, with a large central vignette of a young scientist examining a specimen through a microscope in a laboratory setting, with botanical specimens and reagent bottles in the background. To the left stands a tall stele of Axum rendered in fine line engraving. Denomination inscriptions in Amharic appear at the top centre and top right, with the numeral '100' at lower left, and the Amharic legend 'ፀ·ብር' repeated in the lower right corner. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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Ethiopia's 1997 series replaced the notes issued under the transitional government following the fall of the Derg in 1991. The shift to Giesecke & Devrient in Munich for this series marked a deliberate move toward higher production standards after years of monetary instability — the Derg-era economy had been characterized by price controls and artificial exchange rates that made the birr's face value largely nominal in practice.
P#50 is the highest denomination in the 1997 issue, making it the note most likely to carry accumulated handling wear in circulation — Ethiopia's cash economy meant high-denomination notes passed through many hands before retirement.