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5 Birr / Ethiopian Dollars
| Issuer | National Bank of Ethiopia |
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| Year | 1966 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Lion of Judah watermark, visible when the note is held to light |
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Ethiopia's currency was denominated in "dollars" during the imperial period under Haile Selassie, a deliberate modernization choice that accompanied the country's 1945 monetary reforms and its post-war integration into the Bretton Woods system. By 1966 the National Bank had been operating independently for over a decade, having separated from the State Bank of Ethiopia in 1963. Thomas De La Rue printed the series to a high standard, as was typical of their Ethiopian contracts from this period.
Pick 26 is sometimes confused with the earlier 1961 issue; the 1966 date distinguishes it, though both share the same basic De La Rue plate lineage.