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| Issuer | Bank of Abyssinia |
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| Year | 1915-1929 |
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| Value | 5 Birr / Thalers (አምስት፡ብር) |
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| Obverse description | A vignette of a classical building (the Bank of Abyssinia) occupies the left panel, while a central kudu head vignette dominates the middle of the note within an ornate guilloche underprint. The Lion of Judah stands at the right panel. Bilingual inscriptions appear in English, French, and Amharic script throughout, with the denomination rendered in both Latin and Ethiopic characters. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF ABYSSINIA የኢትዮጵያ፡ባንክ። CINQ THALERS አምስት፡ብር። PAYABLES IN ADDIS ABABA AU PORTEUR (Translation: Bank of Ethiopia Five Birr) |
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| Variants | P#1a - 1915-1926 handwritten date P#1b - 1926-1927 handstamped date P#1c - 01.06.1929 printed date |
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