Ethiopian, Eritrean, and East African currency

This page lists many of the notes that circulated in Ethiopia from 1933 to 1997. It also has links to pictures of the new Eritrean notes and to one East Aftrican note used by the English during their occupation of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Click on the photo to see larger pictures. Use your Back key to return here. The P#s are the currency catalog numbers of the notes.

Ethiopian Currency
P #	Image	Note	Vignette(s)
6		2 Thalers 1933	Emperor and empress
7		5 Thalers 1933	Kudu or Nyala
8		10 Thalers 1932	Leopard
9		50 thalers 1932	Lion
12		1 dollar 1946 State bank	farmer plowing w/oxen
13		5 dollars 1946 State bank	bee tree and flowers
18		1 dollar 1961 State bank	coffee tree
19		5 dollars 1961 State bank	Jubilee palace
20		10 dollars 1961 State bank	Massawa port
25		1 dollar 1966 National bank	Massawa fm air
26		5 dollars1966 National bank	Addis Ababa airport
27		10 dollars1966 National bank	National bank
30b		1 bir National bank 1976	youth/cows/blue nile falls/birds
31a		5 bir National bank 1976	man picking coffee/map/animals
43a		10 bir National bank 1991	woman weaving basket/tractor
46	Pic.	1 bir National bank 1997	youth/cows/blue nile falls/birds
47	Pic.	5 bir National bank 1997	man picking coffee/map/animals
48	Pic.	10 bir National bank 1997	woman weaving basket/tractor
Eritrea
1		1 nakfa 1997	girls/kids in open school
2		5 nakfa 1997	Youth and man/fever tree/camel
3		10 nakfa 1997	young women/camel/truck as train engine on bridge near Massawa
4		20 nakfa 1997	young women/camel/tractor/field work
5		50 nakfa 1997	young men/camel/ships in Massawa
East African currency used by England during Eritrean occupation
28b		5 shillings 1/1949	East Aftrican Currency Board