Collection: Eritrean Banknotes

The currency of Eritrea is not named after a hero or an abstract symbol, but rather a mountain town: Nakfa, the scene of a decisive victory for the independence front against Ethiopia.

A currency born from independence

Eritrea gained independence in 1991 and did not issue its own currency until 1997. Each banknote in the first series features three Eritrean women with covered faces on the obverse, a motif repeated throughout the issue.

One country, five different reverses

The reverse changes with each denomination: a school on the 1 nakfa note, a fig tree on the 5, the Italian colonial-era railway on the 10, and camels next to a cargo ship on the 50, reflecting the agricultural and coastal sides of Eritrea.

What you will find here

Eritrean nakfas with Pick reference and actual condition.

Shipping

Protected and tracked from Spain.

Discover more banknotes from the region in African Banknotes.

If you are interested in this area, combine with Ethiopia and Djibouti.