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20 Birr / Ethiopian Dollars
| Issuer | State Bank of Ethiopia |
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| Year | 1956-1959 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Emperor Haile Selassie I in intaglio engraving at right, wearing military uniform with decorations, facing three-quarters left. The Obelisk of Axum (Stele of Axum) vignette occupies the left side with surrounding landscape and structures. A multicolour guilloche rosette appears in the centre, with the denomination numeral '20' in each lower corner and Ethiopic script in the upper corners. |
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| Reverse description | Central oval vignette contains the Lion of Judah, crowned and passant, holding a cross-topped staff with a banner, rendered in intaglio against a lathe-work background. The Ethiopic denomination inscription appears in a panel below the central vignette. Denomination indicators in Ethiopic script are at left and the numeral '20 E$' at right, all set within an intricate guilloche border in blue, grey, and pink tones. The printer's imprint 'BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO. 12 NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND.' appears in small text at the bottom centre. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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