1 Nakfa

Features

Issuer	Eritrea
Bank emisyjny	Banque de l'Érythrée
Period	State (1993-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1997
Value	1 Nakfa (1 ERN)
Currency	Nakfa (1997-date)
Composition	Papier
Size	140 × 70 mm
Shape	Prostokątny
Demonetized	1 January 2016
Number	N# 203224
References	P# 1 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Tryptyk przedstawiający troje dzieci dziewięciu narodowości Erytrei; podniesienie flagi. Automatically translated

Scripts: arabski, Gyyz, łaciński

Lettering:
1 　　STATE OF ERITREA　　　1
　　　　　 Legal tender of Eritrea 　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　ናቕፋ　 نقفة
PRESIDENT GOVERNOR　24.5.1997
1 　　　　ONE NAKFA　　　　1

Designer: Clarence Holbert

Reverse

Dzieci w szkole w buszu. Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
1 BANK OF ERITREA 1
1　ONE　NAKFA 　 1

Designer: Clarence Holbert

Watermark

Głowa wielbłąda Automatically translated

Signatures

Isaias Afewerki (IA)	Prezydent
Tekie Beyene (TB)	Central Bank Governor

Printer

Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Lipsk, Germany (1852-date)

Comments

W dniu 1 stycznia 2016 r. wszystkie stare banknoty erytrejskiej Nakfy sprzed 24.05.2015 r. (z wyjątkiem banknotu 100 Nakfa z 24.5.2011 r.) zostały zdemonetyzowane i mają jedynie wartość kolekcjonerską. Stare banknoty można było wymienić w banku w ciągu pierwszych sześciu tygodni od demonetyzacji.

Aktywność UV:

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Najlepiej widoczna pod światło jest nitka zabezpieczająca z napisem "BANK OF ERITREA" powtarzającym się od krawędzi do krawędzi:

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

On 1 January 2016, all old banknotes of the Eritrean Nakfa dated before 24.05.2015 (with the exception of the 100 Nakfa note dated 24.5.2011) have been demonetized and only have collector value. The old banknotes were redeemable into a bank within the first six weeks of demonetization.

UV activity:

© gyoschak

There is a security thread best visible under a backlight, which has “BANK OF ERITREA” repeated from edge to edge:

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Date	Signatures			G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1997-May-24	IA, TB			$ 0.37	$ 0.37	$ 0.37	$ 0.70	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 1.10

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