Currency of Eritrea 10 Nakfa Note, Bank of Eritrea 2012 Issue
Front: Three girls at center, flag raising at left, OVD (Optically Variable Device) Kinegram® vertical foil at left
Back: Truck on rails hauling box cars across viaduct over the Dogali River at center right.
The notes depict Eritrean fighters raising the (Eritrea People’s Liberation Front) EPLF flag — Very reminiscent to American soldiers raising the flag on Iwo Jima. The Bank of Eritrea logo is depicted on the back of each note.
Watermark: Camel head
Printer: Giesecke & Devrient, Germany
Size: 140 x 70 mm
The nakfa is the currency of Eritrea. It was introduced on 8 November 1997 to replace the Ethiopian birr at par. Named after the town of Nakfa, it is divided into 100 cents. The nakfa banknotes were designed by Clarence Holbert of the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1994.
Eritrean paper money - Banknotes of Eritrea
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