Currency of Ethiopia 500 Dollars banknote 1945 State Bank of Ethiopia
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Obverse: Portrait in profile of Emperor Haile Selassie is at the left; Amharic text at the top of the notes indicates the issuing authority and the denomination, as well as numerals indicating the value of the note; and at the bottom the text is in English, also identifying the issuing authority. A vignette of the Holy Trinity Monastery Church in Addis Ababa. The underprint is yellow and olive, and the back is green.
Reverse: The emblem of Ethiopia, the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah (symbolizing the House of King Solomon).
Printer: Security Bank Note Company, United States.
Ethiopian banknotes - Ethiopian paper money
1945 Issue
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Holy Trinity Cathedral
Holy Trinity Cathedral, known in Amharic as Kidist Selassie, is the highest ranking Orthodox cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was built to commemorate Ethiopia's liberation from Italian occupation and is the second most important place of worship in Ethiopia, after the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Axum.