Live auction - fwo_976536 - MOMBASA 1 Rupee 1888 Heaton

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Estimate :	150 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	14 January 2025 19:40:13

Type : 1 Rupee

Date: 1888

Mint name / Town : Heaton

Quantity minted : 94000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰

Diameter : 30,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 11,49 g.

Edge : striée

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie ayant été nettoyée

Catalogue references :

KM.19/5

Obverse

Obverse legend : IMPERIAL BRITISH EAST AFRICA COMPANY // H / 1888.

Obverse description : balance et inscription arabe.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ONE RUPEE . MOMBASA..

Reverse description : Soleil au centre surmonté de la couronne anglaise.

Commentary

L’Imperial British East Africa Company est une compagnie de commerce fondée en 1888 par l’écossais William Mackinnon. Très occupé par l’administration de l’Afrique du Sud, le gouvernement Britannique permet à cette compagnie d’administrer et développer l’Afrique de l’Est. La compagnie se révèle incapable de construire un chemin de fer entre Mombasa et le lac Victoria et surtout de gérer les tensions entre les différents groupes régionaux. En 1894, le gouvernement britannique forme le Protectorat de l’Afrique de l’Est et la compagnie est dissoute en 1895.
The Imperial British East Africa Company was a trading company founded in 1888 by Scotsman William Mackinnon. Busy with the administration of South Africa, the British government allowed the company to administer and develop East Africa. The company proved incapable of building a railway between Mombasa and Lake Victoria, and especially of managing tensions between the different regional groups. In 1894, the British government formed the East Africa Protectorate, and the company was dissolved in 1895.