Eritrea Currency 100 Nakfa banknote 2004

Currency of Eritrea 100 Nakfa banknote 2004 
Bank of Eritrea

One side of the notes depicts the various ethnic groups in Eritrea, while the reverse side has typical scenes from various parts of the country.

Obverse: Triptych portrait of three young women of Eritrea's nine nationalities at center, flag raising at left, OVD (Optically Variable Device) Kinegram® vertical foil at left

Reverse: Farmers plowing with oxen at center right
The notes depict Eritrean fighters raising the (Eritrean 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.
See-through image: Camel.
Printer: Giesecke & Devrient, Germany
Size: 147 x 72 mm
Issue Date: 24 May 2004

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 town of Nakfa, the town in the Sahel mountains that served as the headquarters of the EPLF during Eritrea's armed struggle against Ethiopian occupation, and so both Nakfa's became a symbol of Eritrea's hard-fought-for independence. The nakfa banknotes were designed by a black American, Clarence Holbert of the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1994.

Eritrean Currency 50 Nakfa banknote 2004

Currency of Eritrea 50 Nakfa banknote 2004
Bank of Eritrea

One side of the notes depicts the various ethnic groups in Eritrea, while the reverse side has typical scenes from various parts of the country.

Obverse: Triptych portrait of three young women of Eritrea's nine nationalities at center, flag raising at left, OVD (Optically Variable Device) Kinegram® vertical foil at left

Reverse: Freighter ships at Massawa port of Eritrea.
The notes depict Eritrean fighters raising the (Eritrean 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.
See-through image: Camel.
Printer: Giesecke & Devrient, Germany
Size: 143 x 71 mm
Issue Date: 24 May 2004

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 town of Nakfa, the town in the Sahel mountains that served as the headquarters of the EPLF during Eritrea's armed struggle against Ethiopian occupation, and so both Nakfa's became a symbol of Eritrea's hard-fought-for independence. The nakfa banknotes were designed by a black American, Clarence Holbert of the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1994.

Eritrea Currency 20 Nakfa banknote 1997

Currency of Eritrea  20 Nakfa banknote 1997
Bank of Eritrea

One side of the notes depicts the various ethnic groups in Eritrea, while the reverse side has typical scenes from various parts of the country.

Obverse: Triptych portrait of three young women of Eritrea's nine nationalities at center, flag raising at left, OVD (Optically Variable Device) Kinegram® vertical foil at left

Reverse: Three agricultural scenes - Farmer plowing with a camel, woman harvesting, woman on farm tractor at center right.
The notes depict Eritrean fighters raising the (Eritrean 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.
See-through image: Camel.
Printer: Giesecke & Devrient, Germany.
Size: 140 x 70 mm.
Issue Date: 24 May 1997

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 town of Nakfa, the town in the Sahel mountains that served as the headquarters of the EPLF during Eritrea's armed struggle against Ethiopian occupation, and so both Nakfa's became a symbol of Eritrea's hard-fought-for independence. The nakfa banknotes were designed by a black American, Clarence Holbert of the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1994.

Eritrean Currency 10 Nakfa banknote 2012

Currency of Eritrea 10 Nakfa banknote 2012
Bank of Eritrea

One side of the notes depicts the various ethnic groups in Eritrea, while the reverse side has typical scenes from various parts of the country.

Front: Triptych portrait of three young women of Eritrea's nine nationalities at center, flag raising at left, OVD (Optically Variable Device) Kinegram® vertical foil at left

Back: Eritrean railway Russian built truck placed on rail wheels hauling box cars (crossing the Obel river bridge at Dogali near Massawa) at center right.
The notes depict Eritrean fighters raising the (Eritrean 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.
See-through image: Camel.
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 town of Nakfa, the town in the Sahel mountains that served as the headquarters of the EPLF during Eritrea's armed struggle against Ethiopian occupation, and so both Nakfa's became a symbol of Eritrea's hard-fought-for independence. The nakfa banknotes were designed by a black American, Clarence Holbert of the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1994.

Eritrea Currency 5 Nakfa banknote 1997

Currency of Eritrea 5 Nakfa banknote 1997
Bank of Eritrea

One side of the notes depicts the various ethnic groups in Eritrea, while the reverse side has typical scenes from various parts of the country.

Obverse: Triptych portrait of Eritrea's nine nationalities - Young boy, young man, and older man at center, flag raising at left, OVD (Optically Variable Device) Kinegram® vertical foil at left

Reverse: Cattle grazing under a giant Sycamore tree (Ficus sycomorus) near Segeneiti.
The notes depict Eritrean fighters raising the (Eritrean 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.
See-through image: Camel.
Printer: Giesecke & Devrient, Germany
Size: 140 x 70 mm
Issue Date: 24 May 1997

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 town of Nakfa, the town in the Sahel mountains that served as the headquarters of the EPLF during Eritrea's armed struggle against Ethiopian occupation, and so both Nakfa's became a symbol of Eritrea's hard-fought-for independence. The nakfa banknotes were designed by a black American, Clarence Holbert of the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1994.

Eritrean Currency 1 Nakfa banknote 1997

Currency of Eritrea 1 Nakfa banknote 1997
Bank of Eritrea

One side of the notes depicts the various ethnic groups in Eritrea, while the reverse side has typical scenes from various parts of the country.

Obverse: Triptych portrait of three children of Eritrea's nine nationalities at center, flag raising at left.

Reverse: Children in pre-liberation bush school in the shade of the trees at center.
The notes depict Eritrean fighters raising the (Eritrean 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.
See-through image: Camel.
Printer: Giesecke & Devrient, Germany
Size: 140 x 70 mm
Issue Date: 24 May 1997


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 town of Nakfa, the town in the Sahel mountains that served as the headquarters of the EPLF during Eritrea's armed struggle against Ethiopian occupation, and so both Nakfa's became a symbol of Eritrea's hard-fought-for independence. The nakfa banknotes were designed by a black American, Clarence Holbert of the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1994.