Catalog
5 Birr / Ethiopian Dollars
| Issuer | State Bank of Ethiopia |
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| Year | 1945-1956 |
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| Size | 150 × 78 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | የኢትዮጵያ፡መንግስት፡ባንክ፡ አምስት፡የኢትዮጵያ፡ብር፡ ላምጪው፡አንዴከፈል፡ሕግ፡ያሰገዽዷል። State Bank of Ethiopia Five Ethiopian Dollars Governor Security Banknote Company (Translation: State Bank of Ethiopia Five Ethiopian Birr Payable to the Bearer on Demand) |
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| Variants | P#13a - signature: Blowers P#13b - signature: Bennett P#13c - signature: Rozell |
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Ethiopia's postwar monetary reconstruction ran through Philadelphia rather than the European printing houses that dominated colonial-era African currency work. The State Bank of Ethiopia itself was established only in 1942, absorbing the functions of the Bank of Ethiopia after the Italian occupation ended — meaning this series represents one of the earliest substantive emissions of a genuinely independent Ethiopian central bank.
Three distinct signature combinations appear across the series, reflecting successive shifts in senior bank appointments between 1945 and 1956. The Blowers signature is the earliest; Rozell the latest.