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500 Dollars
| Issuer | Ethiopia |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Composition | Silver plated copper-nickel |
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| Obverse script | Ge'ez/Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts a dynamic scene of a lioness attacking an African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), rendered in high relief. The national coat of arms of Ethiopia appears in the field. The denomination and date are inscribed, along with the engraver's initials in Cyrillic script. The composition is framed within the octagonal border consistent with the obverse design. |
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Ethiopia's 2020 high-denomination issues were produced largely for the international collector market rather than domestic circulation — a common arrangement for silver-plated base metal pieces at this weight class, where the face value bears no relationship to real purchasing power within the country.