fwo_753691 - ETHIOPIA - ABYSSINIA - MENELIK II 1/32 Birr EE1889 (1897) Paris
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Type : 1/32 Birr EE1889
Date: (1897)
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 3353000
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,97 g.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE ÉTHIOPIENNE).
Obverse description : Buste couronné du roi à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE ÉTHIOPIENNE).
Reverse description : Lion couronné marchant à gauche et tenant une bannière.
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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