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| 正面描述 | 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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| 正面铭文 | የኢትዮጵያ፡መንግስት፡ባንክ፡ ሃያ፡የኢትዮጵያ፡ብር፡ TWENTY ETHIOPIAN DOLLARS ላምጪው፡አንዴከፈል፡ሕግ፡ያሰገዽዷል። PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND STATE BANK OF ETHIOPIA (Translation: State Bank of Ethiopia Twenty Ethiopian Birr Payable to the Bearer on Demand) |
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The State Bank of Ethiopia was itself a short-lived institution — established in 1942 after Haile Selassie's restoration, it was split in 1963 into the National Bank of Ethiopia and the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, which means this series had a narrow window of possible issue dates regardless of what appears on individual specimens. Bradbury Wilkinson handled much of the bank's output during this period, a natural pairing given the firm's dominance in Commonwealth-adjacent and African central bank contracts through the 1950s.
The denomination in dual language — Birr and Ethiopian Dollars — reflects the transitional monetary nomenclature of the period, when Ethiopia was aligning its currency terminology with international usage for trade purposes while retaining the local Amharic designation.