50 Birr / Ethiopian Dollars
Features
| Issuer |
Ethiopian Empire
(Ethiopia)
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | State Bank of Ethiopia (የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት ባንክ) |
| Emperor |
Haile Selassie I (1930-1936, 1941-1974)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Years | 1945-1956 |
| Value | 50 Dollars (፶ ብር) |
| Currency | Birr / Ethiopian Dollar (1945-1976) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 160 × 82 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | September 1976 |
| Number | N# 297437 |
| References | P# 15 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes). |
Obverse
Emperor Haile Selassie I at left
Parliament building in centre
Scripts: Ge'ez, Latin
Lettering:
የኢትዮጵያ፡መንግስት፡ባንክ፡
አምሳ፡የኢትዮጵያ፡ብር፡
ላምጪው፡አንዴከፈል፡ሕግ፡ያሰገዽዷል።
STATE BANK OF ETHIOPIA
FIFTY ETHIOPIAN DOLLARS
Translation:
State Bank of Ethiopia
Fifty Ethiopian Birr
Payable to the Bearer on Demand
Reverse
Lion of Judah in centre
Script: Ge'ez
Lettering:
፶፡ብር
አምሳ፡የኢትዮጵያ፡ብር፡
Translation:
50 Birr
Fifty Ethiopian Birr
Signatures
| George A. Blowers (GAB) | Governor |
|
| Jack Bennett (JB) | Governor |
|
| Walter Henry Rozell Jr. (WHRJ) | Governor |
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Printer
Security Banknote Company (SBNC), Philadelphia, United States (?-date)Comments
Issued on 23.07.1945 emperor's birthday
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| Date | Signatures | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | |||||||
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| ND (1945-1949) | GAB | P# 15aStandard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
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| ND (1945-1956) | P# 15sStandard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Specimen | |||||||||||||
| ND (1949-1953) | JB | P# 15bStandard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
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| ND (1953-1956) | WHRJ | P# 15cStandard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
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