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Live auction - fwo_326372 - ETHIOPIA - ABYSSINIA - MENELIK II 1 Birr Proof EE1895 1903 Paris

ETHIOPIA - ABYSSINIA - MENELIK II 1 Birr Proof EE1895 1903 Paris MS
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Estimate : 2 250 €
Price : 1 500 €
Maximum bid : 1 700 €
End of the sale : 19 April 2016 17:03:21
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : 1 Birr Proof EE1895
Date: 1903
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰
Diameter : 40,01 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 28,00 g.
Edge : lisse
Coments on the condition:
Le flan a vraisemblablement été brossé avant la frappe comme en atteste la présence de multiples rayures horizontales et verticales. Monnaie nettoyée
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la Collection Michel

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 1902-1903.

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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