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Live auction - fwo_312544 - GERMAN EAST AFRICA - WILLIAM II 2 Roupies 1893 Berlin

GERMAN EAST AFRICA - WILLIAM II 2 Roupies 1893 Berlin AU53 PCGS
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Estimate : 800 €
Price : 410 €
Maximum bid : 420 €
End of the sale : 05 March 2019 18:46:53
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : 2 Roupies
Date: 1893
Mint name / Town : Berlin
Quantity minted : 32854
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 23,33 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R2
Slab
slab PCGS
PCGS : AU53
Coments on the condition:
Coups sur la tranche. Sous coque PCGS AU53
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : GUILELMUS II - IMPERATOR.
Obverse description : Buste casqué du kaiser Guillaume II à gauche avec l'uniforme de la Garde.
Obverse translation : (Guillaume II empereur).

Reverse


Reverse legend : DEUTSCHE-OSTAFRIKANISCHE GESELLSCHAFT/ *ZWEI RUPIEN*/ 1893.
Reverse description : Écu aux armes de la colonie.
Reverse translation : (Compagnie de l'Afrique orientale allemande /une roupie).

Commentary


La roupie jusqu'en 1904 était divisée en 64 pesa, puis à partir de cette date en 100 heller. La roupie valait 1,37 mark. Ce type fut frappé uniquement en 1893 et 1894.

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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