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Asmara, Eritrea: Eritrean Nakfa bank notes, currency of Eritrea, replaced the Ethiopian birr in 1997, pegged to the US dollar - named after the town of Nakfa in the Sahel mountains, the headquarters of the EPLF during the armed struggle against Ethiopian occupation - 100 Nakfa notes display a triptych portrait of three young women of Eritrea's different nationalities and flag raising by soldiers - ISO 4217.