Catalog
100 Birr / Ethiopian Dollars
| Issuer | National Bank of Ethiopia |
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| Year | 1966 |
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| Currency | Birr / Ethiopian Dollar (1945-1976) |
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| Obverse lettering | የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ፡ መቶ፡የኢትዮጵያ፡ብር፡ ONE HUNDRED ETHIOPIAN DOLLARS ላምጪው፡አንዴከፈል፡ሕግ፡ያሰገዽዷል። PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND NATIONAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA (Translation: National Bank of Ethiopia One Hundred Ethiopian Birr Payable to the Bearer on Demand National Bank of Ethiopia) |
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| Protection description | Emperor Haile Selassie I visible in the paper when held to light |
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Ethiopia was still an imperial state under Haile Selassie when this note was issued, and the National Bank operated under tight palace influence — monetary policy was hardly independent in any functional sense. De La Rue handled Ethiopian printing through much of the Selassie period, producing a consistent series that would be abruptly superseded after the 1974 Derg coup rendered the imperial currency politically toxic almost overnight.
The dual denomination — Birr and Ethiopian Dollars — reflects a transitional naming convention as Ethiopia moved to align its currency terminology regionally. Pick 29 is the last issue of this denomination before that political rupture made continuity impossible.