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50 Birr
| Issuer | National Bank of Ethiopia |
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| Year | 2003-2015 |
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| Printer | Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in shades of orange and brown on a cream underprint, with guilloche rosettes at each corner. A central vignette to the right shows a farmer ploughing a field with two oxen, rendered in intaglio against a pale circular guilloche background. To the left, a multicolour optically variable lion's head vignette serves as a security device, accompanied by the bank name in Amharic and English across the top, the bearer clause in both scripts, and the denomination numerals '50' at lower left and lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a uniform golden-orange palette with fine guilloche work filling the margins and corners. A central intaglio vignette illustrates the Fasil Ghebbi (Fasilides' Castle) fortress complex in Gondar, rendered in considerable architectural detail with its round towers, crenellated walls, and arched gateways. The denomination appears in Ethiopic numerals and Arabic figures at upper right and lower left, framed by interlaced guilloche bands along the top and bottom borders. |
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G&D's Leipzig facility has printed Ethiopian currency through multiple political transitions — from the Derg's collapse in 1991 through the EPRDF years — making this a notably stable printing relationship for a country that overhauled its notes repeatedly in the 1990s. The P#51 series ran for over a decade with only minor security upgrades introduced mid-run, which is why earlier and later printings within the 2003–2015 span can show measurable differences in the OVI application on the denomination numeral.