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100 Birr / Ethiopian Dollars
| Issuer | State Bank of Ethiopia |
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| Year | 1956-1961 |
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| Currency | Birr / Ethiopian Dollar (1945-1976) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Emperor Haile Selassie I in military uniform with epaulettes at right, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint in green and orange tones at centre. Trinity Cathedral (Kidist Selassie) rendered in fine intaglio engraving occupies the left portion of the note. Ethiopic and Latin legends are printed above and below, with the issuer name STATE BANK OF ETHIOPIA in a panel along the lower border. |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of the crowned Lion of Judah seated in profile within an oval guilloche frame, holding a cross-bearing banner with its right paw raised. Elaborate multicolour rosette guilloche panels in orange and green flank the central oval on either side. The denomination appears in numerals at upper left and upper right corners, with an Ethiopic legend in a framed panel along the lower border; the printer's imprint reads BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. Ld. NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND at the base. |
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| Variants | P#23a - signature title: Governor P#23b - signature title: Acting Governor |
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