50 Thalers / Birr

Features

Issuer Ethiopian Empire (Ethiopia)
Issuing bank Bank of Abyssinia (የኢትዮጵያ ባንክ)
Empress Zauditu (1916-1930)
Type Standard banknote
Years 1915-1929
Value 50 Birr / Thalers (አምሳ፡ብር)
Currency Birr / Thaler (1893-1931)
Composition Paper
Size 187 × 87 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
268210
References P# 3
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

Lion at centre, building at upper left, lion at upper right

Lettering:
BANK OF ABYSSINIA
የኢትዮጵያ፡ባንክ።
CINQUANTE THALERS
አምሳ፡ብር።
PAYABLES A ADDIS-ABABA AU PORTEUR

Translation:
Bank of Ethiopia
Fifty Birr

Reverse

Lettering:
አምሳ፡ብር።
የኢትዮጵያ፡ባንክ።

Translation:
Fifty Birr
Bank of Ethiopia
50

Signature

Charles S. Collier (CSC¹), Governor

Printer

Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)

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Date Signatures VG F VF XF AU UNC
1915  CSC¹ P#3a Handwritten date
ND (1915-1929)  CSC¹ P#3s Specimen
1926  CSC¹ P#3a Handwritten date
1926  CSC¹ P#3b Handstamped date
1927  CSC¹ P#3b Handstamped date
1929-Jun-01  CSC¹ P#3c Printed date

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