正面: Weighing scale. Face value in Amharic ↷ at top ፩ ብር(1 birr), at left 1 and currency at right Birr and texted value in Amharic ⤻ at bottom አንድ ብር (And → one birr) 背面: Lion head facing righ(Panthera leo). State name in Amharic ↷ at top ኢትዮጵያ (Ītyōṗṗyā → Ethiopia), date ⤻ at bottom ፳፻፪ (20乘以100+2=) 2002 (2010) 或者 ፳፻፰ (20乘以100+8=) 2008 (2016) 或者 ፳፻፲፪ (20乘以100+12) 2012 (2020).
边缘: P6G15 - Plain with 6 grained segments of 15 bars