Catalog
25 Cents
| Issuer | Bank of Eritrea |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#46, Schön#46 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | STATE OF ERITREA 1997 25 TWENTY FIVE CENTS |
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Eritrea declared independence from Ethiopia in 1993 following a 30-year armed struggle, and the Bank of Eritrea's 1997 coinage series was among the first acts of establishing a fully independent monetary infrastructure. The nakfa, introduced that same year, replaced the Ethiopian birr at par — a politically charged decision given the two nations would be at war within twelve months.