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fwo_753689 - ETHIOPIA - ABYSSINIA - MENELIK II 1 Birr EE1895 1903 Paris

ETHIOPIA - ABYSSINIA - MENELIK II 1 Birr EE1895 1903 Paris VF
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Type : 1 Birr EE1895
Date: 1903
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 459000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰
Diameter : 39 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 27,81 g.
Edge : cannelée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : LÉGENDE ET DATE EN ÉTHIOPIEN.
Obverse description : Buste couronné de Ménélik II à droite.

Reverse


Reverse legend : LÉGENDE ET VALEUR FACIALE EN ÉTHIOPIEN ET J.C CHAPLAIN.
Reverse description : Lion marchant à gauche.

Commentary


Monnaies frappées en 1901, 1903 et 1904..

Historical background


ETHIOPIA - ABYSSINIA - MENELIK II

(1889-1913)

Menelik II (1844-1913) became Negus on the death of John IV. He founded Addis Ababa in 1888. In 1896 he defeated the Italians in Adoua who wanted to impose a protectorate on him..

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