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50 Birr / Ethiopian Dollars
| Issuer | State Bank of Ethiopia |
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| Year | 1945-1956 |
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| Currency | Birr / Ethiopian Dollar (1945-1976) |
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| Obverse lettering | የኢትዮጵያ፡መንግስት፡ባንክ፡ አምሳ፡የኢትዮጵያ፡ብር፡ ላምጪው፡አንዴከፈል፡ሕግ፡ያሰገዽዷል። STATE BANK OF ETHIOPIA FIFTY ETHIOPIAN DOLLARS (Translation: State Bank of Ethiopia Fifty Ethiopian Birr Payable to the Bearer on Demand) |
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| Reverse lettering | ፶፡ብር አምሳ፡የኢትዮጵያ፡ብር፡ (Translation: 50 Birr Fifty Ethiopian Birr) |
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The State Bank of Ethiopia was established in 1942 under Emperor Haile Selassie, replacing the Bank of Ethiopia which had been dissolved during the Italian occupation. This series — printed by the Security Banknote Company in Philadelphia — was Ethiopia's first fully domestic currency infrastructure following liberation, though the birr was officially pegged to the US dollar at a fixed rate throughout the issue period.
Three distinct signature combinations are documented for P#15, reflecting successive senior appointments at the bank across the roughly eleven-year issue span. Rozell-signed examples tend to appear later in the run and are considerably scarcer than Blowers or Bennett-signed notes.