Posts Tagged ‘1 birr’

National Bank of Ethiopia dispatched a new one-birr coin

September 6 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , ,

By Tamiru Tsige & Hayal Alemayehu National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) has dispatched to banks the new one-birr coins that are going to replace the current notes, whose circulation life is estimated at not be more than three years. The Royal Canadian Mint (RCM), the company that won the official tender floated by the bank to make the... Read more

New one-birr coins to arrive in fortnight

July 8 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , ,

The National bank of Ethiopia (NBE) is to receive the new one-birr coins from the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM), the company assigned to do the job in two weeks time, a senior official at NBE told The Reporter. NBE is currently drafting a directive on how to replace the one-birr paper notes with coins of the... Read more