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50 Thalers / Birr
| Issuer | Bank of Abyssinia |
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| Year | 1915-1929 |
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| Value | 50 Birr / Thalers (አምሳ፡ብር) |
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| Obverse description | A large intaglio vignette of a standing lion occupies the centre of the note, with a circular guilloche underprint framing it; a vignette of a classical building (the Bank of Abyssinia premises) appears at upper left within an oval frame, and a lion passant guardant vignette is set within a corresponding oval at upper right. The denomination numeral "50" appears at both upper corners, and the printer's imprint "Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Graveurs, Londres" is inscribed along the lower margin. Bilingual legends in French and Ge'ez (Amharic) script appear across the face, together with the bank title in English at top. |
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| Reverse lettering | አምሳ፡ብር። የኢትዮጵያ፡ባንክ። ፶ (Translation: Fifty Birr Bank of Ethiopia 50) |
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| Variants | P#3a - 1915-1926 handwritten date P#3b - 1926-1927 handstamped date P#3c - 01.06.1929 printed date |
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