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fwo_738633 - ETHIOPIA - ABYSSINIA - MENELIK II 1 Gersh EE1895 1903 Paris

ETHIOPIA - ABYSSINIA - MENELIK II 1 Gersh EE1895 1903 Paris AU
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Price : 50.00 €
Type : 1 Gersh EE1895
Date: 1903
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 44789000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,41 g.
Edge : cannelée
Catalogue references :
KM20/12

Obverse

Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN ÉTHIOPIEN).
Obverse description : Buste couronné à droite de Ménélik II.

Reverse

Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN ÉTHIOPIEN).
Reverse description : Lion couronné marchant à gauche.

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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