v25_1979 - ETHIOPIA - HAILE SELASSIE Coffret de 5 pièces en or : 200 dollars, 100 dollars, 50 dollars, 20 dollars et 10 dollars 1966

ETHIOPIA - HAILE SELASSIE Coffret de 5 pièces en or : 200 dollars, 100 dollars, 50 dollars, 20 dollars et 10 dollars 1966 MS

MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 2 200.00 €
Estimate : 2 700.00 €
Realised price : 2 200.00 €

Type : Coffret de 5 pièces en or : 200 dollars, 100 dollars, 50 dollars, 20 dollars et 10 dollars

Date: 1966

Quantity minted : 8823

Metal : gold

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Coments on the condition:

Infimes traces de manipulation dans les champs. Magnifiques monnaies cependant avec tout le brillant d’origine

Catalogue references :

KM20/38, 39, 40, 41, 42

Obverse

Obverse legend : INSCRIPTIONS BILINGUES : ÉTHIOPIEN/ANGLAIS, HAILE SELASSIE 75TH BIRTH DAY AND 50 YEARS OF LEADER SHIP.

Obverse description : Buste du Négus à gauche vu de trois quarts de face, accosté d'une couronne et de son monogramme ; signé GV.

Reverse

Reverse legend : INSCRIPTIONS BILINGUES : ÉTHIOPIEN/ANGLAIS, EMPIRE OF ETHIOPIA ; AU DESSUS 1966.

Reverse description : Lion de Juda passant à droite accosté de la valeur faciale en E$.

Commentary

Cette série, présentée dans son coffret d’origine avec son certificat portant le n° 4625, contient 152 grammes d’or. Un exemplaire de la “Negarit Gazeta” publiant le décret qui officialise cette frappe exceptionnelle est également vendu avec la série.

Historical background

ETHIOPIA - HAILE SELASSIE

(1930-1974)

Hailé Sélassié (1892-1975) was regent on behalf of Empress Zaouditou since 1916. He became Negus in 1928 and Emperor of Ethiopia in 1930.. Forced to flee at the time of the Italian invasion, he was restored by the English in 1941. In the 1960s, he reigned authoritatively despite some timid liberalization efforts and he took an increasing interest in foreign affairs.. In 1962, he put an end to the autonomy of Eritrea, which became an Ethiopian province.. It follows the creation of a national resistance movement, the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF), which participates in the overthrow of the Ethiopian regime, thirty years later, and obtains the independence of Eritrea.. The following year, in 1963, he played a leading role in the formation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), whose secretariat was established in Addis Ababa.. However, this decade also marks the beginning of conflicts with Somalia around the Ogaden province, and with Sudan, accused by Ethiopia of supporting the Eritrean independence movement.. Nevertheless, Haile Selassie neglects the internal problems of Ethiopia: inequalities, underdevelopment, famines. He was overthrown in 1974 before being assassinated the following year in his prison..