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20 Birr UN Decade for Women
| Issuer | Ethiopia |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central device features a bold, forward-facing lion's head in high relief, its mane rendered in fine detail radiating outward. The denomination 'Birr20 · ብር' appears in the lower field, flanked by the inscriptions 'SOCIALIST' to the left and 'ETHIOPIA' to the right in Latin characters. The Ethiopian calendar year '1976' and the Gregorian equivalent '(1984)' are inscribed below the central device. Ge'ez script legends arch across the upper portion of the field. The design reflects the iconography of the Derg-era Socialist Ethiopia. |
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| Obverse lettering | ኅብረተሰባዊት ኢትዮጵያ · ሃገርሰብአዊት SOCIALIST ETHIOPIA Birr20 ብር 1976 (1984) |
| Reverse description | Central device depicts three women engaged in agricultural labor in the field, shown harvesting grain in a scene of cooperative rural work, rendered in fine relief. A woman crouches in the foreground gathering crops while two others stand to either side, one carrying produce. Small decorative emblems flank the lower left and right of the central scene. The legend 'U.N. DECADE FOR WOMEN' curves prominently along the lower periphery in bold Latin lettering. A Ge'ez script inscription arches across the upper field identifying the commemorative theme. |
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