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50 Nakfa
| Issuer | Bank of Eritrea |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | STATE OF ERITREA FIFTY NAKFA Legal tender of Eritrea 50 50 50 50 |
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| Protection description | Camel watermark visible when the note is held to light; embedded vertical security thread running through the left portion of the note. |
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P#9 is the third release of Eritrea's 50 Nakfa denomination, following the 1997 inaugural series and a 2004 revision. The nakfa itself was introduced in November 1997 to replace the Ethiopian birr at par — a deliberate severing of monetary ties with Addis Ababa that had been building since Eritrean independence in 1993. Giesecke & Devrient have handled the entire nakfa printing program from the outset, giving the series an unusual consistency of production quality across all three dates.
The 2011 date reflects a reissue rather than a redesign; the note family was refreshed with updated security specifications while retaining the original plate layout.