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 | 1956-1959 |
| Value | 50 Dollars (፶ ብር) |
| Currency | Birr / Ethiopian Dollar (1945-1976) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 146 × 65 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | September 1976 |
| Number | N# 268229 |
| References | P# 22 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes). |
Obverse
Emperor Haile Selassie I at right, bridge over Blue Nile at left
Scripts: Ge'ez, Latin
Lettering:
የኢትዮጵያ፡መንግስት፡ባንክ፡
አምሳ፡የኢትዮጵያ፡ብር፡
Fifty Ethiopian Dollars
ላምጪው፡አንዴከፈል፡ሕግ፡ያሰገዽዷል።
Payable to the Bearer on Demand
State Bank of Ethiopia
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
Signature
George P. Rea (GPR), Governor
Printer
Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)See also
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| Date | Signatures | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1956-1959) | GPR | P# 22aStandard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Issued note | ||||||||||||
| ND (1956-1959) | GPR | P# 22sStandard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Specimen. Punch hole cancelled | ||||||||||||
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