100 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 1956-1961
Value 100 Dollars (፻ ብር)
Currency Birr / Ethiopian Dollar (1945-1976)
Composition Paper
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized September 1976
Number
N#
297445
References P# 23
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, Trinity Church at left

Lettering:
የኢትዮጵያ፡መንግስት፡ባንክ፡
መቶ፡የኢትዮጵያ፡ብር፡
ONE HUNDRED ETHIOPIAN DOLLARS
ላምጪው፡አንዴከፈል፡ሕግ፡ያሰገዽዷል።
PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND
STATE BANK OF ETHIOPIA

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

Reverse

Lion of Judah in centre

Lettering:
፻፡ብር
መቶ፡የኢትዮጵያ፡ብር፡

Translation:
100 Birr
Hundred Ethiopian Birr

Signatures

George P. Rea (GPR) Governor
Ato Menassie Lemma (AML¹) 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#23a Signature title: GOVERNOR
ND (1956-1959)  P#23s Specimen. Punch hole cancelled
ND (1959-1961)  AML¹ P#23b Signature title: ACTING GOVERNOR

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