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Live auction - fwo_966191 - GERMAN EAST AFRICA - WILLIAM II 1 Rupie (Roupie) 1909 Berlin
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| Estimate : | 120 € |
| Price : | 62 € |
| Maximum bid : | 94 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 January 2025 18:55:52 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : 1 Rupie (Roupie)
Date: 1909
Mint name / Town : Berlin
Quantity minted : 500000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 30,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,66 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R1
Obverse
Obverse legend : GUILELMUS II - IMPERATOR.
Obverse description : Buste de trois quart en uniforme de Guillaume II casqué.
Obverse translation : (Guillaume II empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : DEUTSCH OSTAFRICA.
Reverse description : Inscriptions 1 / RUPIE / 1909 / A entre deux palmes.
Reverse translation : (Afrique Orientale Allemande).
Historical background
GERMAN EAST AFRICA - WILLIAM II
(06/15/1888-11/28/1918)
East Africa was assigned to Germany at the Congress of Berlin in 1885 and its administration entrusted to the German East Africa Company. The territory with an area of almost one million square kilometers had a population on the eve of the First World War of 7.5 million inhabitants with Dar es Salaam as its capital. Colony in 1890, it was after the Treaty of Versailles entrusted to the English administration and became Tanganyika (now Tanzania).
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