5 Nakfa

Issuer Eritrea
Year 1997
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 5 Nakfa
Currency Nakfa (1997-date)
Composition Paper
Size 140 × 70 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date)
Designer(s) Clarence Holbert
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#2
Obverse description Young boy, young and old man at centre. Flag raising at left. Name of the currency in Tigrinya and Arabic written verticaly in the left side
Obverse lettering STATE OF ERITREA LEGAL TENDER OF ERITREA ናቕፋ نقفة PRESIDENT GOVERNOR FIVE NAFKA
(Translation: Naqfa Naqfa)
Reverse description Cattle under the Heroic Ficus Daaro Sycamore in Segheneyti, symbol of Eritrea
Reverse lettering BANK OF ERITREA FIVE NAFKA
Signature(s)
Protection type Watermark
Protection description Camel head
Variants There exists a very rare variant with rounded edges and an overprint ""in silver"" (У СРЕБРУ). Only 3 known samples exist, with serial numbers A.059 998, A.059 999 and A.059 000.
Numisquare ID 2760780830
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