Cool blue tones give Ethiopia’s 100 Birr note the atmosphere of stone, memory, and national continuity, where ancient monuments and sacred landscapes are gathered into a modern paper currency.
Design & Symbolism
Obverse
The obverse brings together an outline map of Ethiopia, the lion head, Emperor Fasilides’ castle in Gondar, and the Obelisk of Axum, arranging dynastic architecture and ancient monumental heritage within the formal language of the National Bank of Ethiopia. The design reads as a compact state portrait: territory, authority, and historical depth held in a restrained blue composition.
Reverse
The reverse turns from built heritage to landscape and route, presenting Sof Omar Cave in Bale Province together with the crenulated gate in Harar. These motifs extend the note beyond imperial memory into Ethiopia’s wider cultural geography, where carved rock, fortified urban history, and sacred passage become part of the same national narrative.
Collector’s Insight
For collectors, this 100 Birr note is the 2023 P-57b variety, corresponding to the 2015 Ethiopian calendar issue, with DY-EC prefix range and Yinager Dessie signature. Produced by De La Rue on paper, with a 4-mm RollingStar windowed security thread demetalized NBE 100, and a castle and obelisk watermark, it represents Ethiopia’s modernized high-denomination series while preserving a strongly historical visual identity.
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