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5 Birrs Arms with plough, White hatched sides
| Issuer | National Bank of Ethiopia |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Currency | Birr (1976-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | ፭፡ብር የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ National Bank of Ethiopia መስከረም፡፲፱፻፷፱፡ዓ፡ም፡ አምስት፡ብር፡ FIVE BIRR የኢትዮጵያ፡ሕጋዊ፡ገንዘብ LEGAL TENDER IN ETHIOPIA ኢትዮጵያ ትቅደም ETHIOPIA TIKDEM 5 (Translation: 5 Birr National Bank of Ethiopia September 1969 A.M. Five Birr Legal Tender in Ethiopia Ethiopia First) |
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| Reverse lettering | አምስት፡ብር፡ ፭፡ብር 5 (Translation: Five Birr 5 Birr) |
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Ethiopia's 1987 note series was issued under the Derg regime, the military junta that had governed the country since Haile Selassie's overthrow in 1974. By this point the regime was fighting simultaneously against Eritrean secessionists in the north and Tigrayan rebels pushing toward Addis Ababa — a dual insurgency that would ultimately end the Derg in 1991. That the National Bank continued contracting Thomas De La Rue in London throughout this period reflects how few alternatives existed for high-security banknote production, ideology notwithstanding.
The white hatched side panels are a straightforward anti-counterfeiting measure, characteristic of De La Rue's intaglio work of the period.