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100 Birr Arms with gear
| Issuer | National Bank of Ethiopia |
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| Year | 1991 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | A young man operating a microscope occupies the central vignette, symbolising scientific progress, with a floral spray to the left. To the right, the national arms — incorporating a gear wheel and a lion's head — is rendered in intaglio. The overall design is set against a multicolour guilloche underprint with the denomination repeated in Amharic and numerals. |
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| Signature(s) | signature title in Amharic only signature title in Amharic and English |
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Pick 45 marks a transitional moment in Ethiopian monetary history — 1991 was the year the Derg regime collapsed and the Mengistu government fell, meaning notes of this issue were being printed and distributed as the political order they depicted was disintegrating. The gear-and-arms design was a Derg-era symbol, and this series was soon replaced as the new transitional government moved to distance itself from socialist iconography.
The mismatched signature titles — one block in Amharic only, the other bilingual — likely reflects a changeover in officials during the print run rather than a deliberate variant policy.