5 Birr

5 Birr - obverse5 Birr - reverse

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Features

Issuer Ethiopia
Issuing bank National Bank of Ethiopia (የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ)
Period Federal Democratic Republic (ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ) (1995-date)
Type Standard banknote
Years 1989-2009 (1997-2017)
Calendar Ethiopian
Value 5 Birrs (አምስት፡ብር)
5 ETB = USD 0.09
Currency Birr (1976-date)
Composition Paper
Size 140 × 65 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
203024
References P# 47
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Man picking coffee beans at center, coffee plant at right, lion's head at center left.

Lettering:
፭፡ብር
የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ ባንክ
National Bank of Ethiopia
ላምጪው፡አንዴከፈል፡ሕግ፡ያሰገዽዷል።
Payable to bearer on demand
አምስት፡ብር፡ FIVE BIRR

Translation:
5 Birr
National Bank of Ethiopia
Payable to bearer on demand
Five Birr

Reverse

Kudu, caracal and Semien Mountains.

Lettering:
አምስት፡ብር፡
፭፡ብር
5

Translation:
Five Birr
5 Birr

Signatures

Dubale Jale (DJ) Governor
Teklewold Atnafu (TA) Governor

Printers

De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)
Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date)

Comments

Segmented foil security thread.

UV activity:


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Date Signatures VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1989 (1997)  DJ $ 4.20 6% P#47a
1992 (2000)  TA 4% P#47b
1995 (2003)  TA 4% P#47c
1998 (2006)  TA $ 3.60 11% P#47d
2000 (2008)  TA $ 1.10 12% P#47e
2005 (2013)  TA $ 1.60 14% P#47f
2007 (2015)  TA $ 1.10 $ 1.30 23% P#47g
2009 (2017)  TA $ 0.10 $ 0.54 $ 1.00 $ 1.10 38% P#47h

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