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Auction: 13037 - The Ibrahim Salem Collection of African Banknotes
Lot: 281

(x) State Bank of Ethiopia, a green leather and gold presentation album of hand executed proposed designs for an issue of currency ,ND (c.1961), and comprising 1 Ethiopian dollar, green, Parliament building, 5 dollars, brown, the Blue Nile Falls, 10 dollars, railway terminus, 20 dollars, harbour on the Red Sea, 50 dollars, blue, cattle, 100 dollars, violet, the Posts and Telegraph building, 500 dollars, green, the Imperial Palace, all have the portrait of Emperor Haile Selassie and the Star of Ethiopia, all have the Lion of Judah on reverse, all have serial number AA 000000, there is one additional essay for a 1 dollar with modified design
(Pick unrecorded), unique and a lovely presentation. An important book with regards to the history of currency in Ethiopia

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£5,400