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500 Thalers / Birr
| Issuer | Bank of Abyssinia |
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| Year | 1915-1929 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Obverse description | At left, a full-length vignette of an armed Ethiopian warrior in traditional ceremonial dress holding a shield and spear. At upper centre, a crowned lion of Judah vignette framed by Amharic and Latin text banners; at right, a circular vignette of a classical building set within ornate guilloche scrollwork. Denomination numerals '500' appear at lower left and lower right corners, with the bank name in both Latin and Ethiopic script across the upper portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF ABYSSINIA የኢትዮጵያ፡ባንክ። CINQ CENT THALERS አምስት፡መቶ፡ብር። PAYABLES A ADDIS-ABABA AU PORTEUR (Translation: Bank of Abyssinia Five Hundred Thalers Payable at Addis Ababa to the Bearer) |
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| Reverse lettering | የኢትዮጵያ፡ባንክ። ፭፻ (Translation: Bank of Abyssinia 500) |
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