5 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 banknote
Years 1956-1959
Value 5 Dollars (፭ ብር)
Currency Birr / Ethiopian Dollar (1945-1976)
Composition Paper
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized September 1976
Number
N#
268225
References P# 19
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

Emperor Haile Selassie I at right, Addis Ababa University at left

Lettering:
የኢትዮጵያ፡መንግስት፡ባንክ፡
አምስት፡የኢትዮጵያ፡ብር፡
Five Ethiopian Dollars
ላምጪው፡አንዴከፈል፡ሕግ፡ያሰገዽዷል።
Payable to the Bearer on Demand
State Bank of Ethiopia

Translation:
State Bank of Ethiopia
Five Ethiopian Birr
Payable to the Bearer on Demand

Reverse

Lion of Judah in centre

Lettering:
፭፡ብር
አምስት፡የኢትዮጵያ፡ብር፡
5E$

Translation:
5 Birr
Five Ethiopian Birr

Signature

George P. Rea (GPR), Governor

Printer

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

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Date Signatures VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1956-1959)  GPR P#19a
ND (1956-1959)  GPR P#19s Specimen. Punch hole cancelled

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