ERITREA

Pick#....................    3a
Banknote Book # 103a
Denomination ....  10 Nafka
Date.....................    1997
Condition    ........ UNC
Comments    ...... Catalog value $7.50.  Young women from three different tribes on front center.  Three fighters carrying machine guns, one raising EPLF flag on hill on left front.  Kinegram vertical foil strip at left.  Camel at right front. Camel, train on viaduct spanning Ebel or Dogali river near Massawa on reverse.  Clarence Holbert, an engraver for the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) designed the entire note set for Eritrea. Watermark: camel head. 2nd & 3rd image are note under ultraviolet (UV) light, showing security inks.

Nafka = Nak'fa is a town in Eritrea that became the symbol of Eritrean resistance. Image is not exact note in lot.

Printer: G & D, Germany

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