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Silver 1889 Ethiopia Africa 1 Gersh Coin - Great Condition - Menelik II - East African Coins -

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Silver 1889 Ethiopia Africa 1 Gersh Coin - Great Condition - Menelik II - East African Coins -

Silver 1889 Ethiopia Africa 1 Gersh Coin - Great Condition - Menelik II - East African Coins -

Menelik II, baptised as Sahle Maryam (ሣህለ ማርያም sahlĂ€ maryam) was king of Shewa from 1866 to 1889 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death in 1913. At the height of his internal power and external prestige, the process of territorial expansion and creation of the modern empire-state was largely completed by 1898.


Issuer:    Ethiopian Empire (Ethiopia) 
Emperor:    Menelik II (1889-1913)
Type:    Standard circulation coins
Years:    1889-1895 (1897-1928)
Calendar:    Ethiopian
Value:    1 Gersh (á©áĄáŒáˆ­áˆž) (1⁄16)
Currency    Birr / Thaler (1893-1931)
Composition:    Silver (.835)
Weight:    1.4 g
Diameter:    16.5 mm
Thickness:    0.8 mm
Shape:    Round
Technique:    Milled

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Silver 1889 Ethiopia Africa 1 Gersh Coin - Great Condition - Menelik II - East African Coins -—

$32.00

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Menelik II, baptised as Sahle Maryam (ሣህለ ማርያም sahlĂ€ maryam) was king of Shewa from 1866 to 1889 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death in 1913. At the height of his internal power and external prestige, the process of territorial expansion and creation of the modern empire-state was largely completed by 1898.


Issuer:    Ethiopian Empire (Ethiopia) 
Emperor:    Menelik II (1889-1913)
Type:    Standard circulation coins
Years:    1889-1895 (1897-1928)
Calendar:    Ethiopian
Value:    1 Gersh (á©áĄáŒáˆ­áˆž) (1⁄16)
Currency    Birr / Thaler (1893-1931)
Composition:    Silver (.835)
Weight:    1.4 g
Diameter:    16.5 mm
Thickness:    0.8 mm
Shape:    Round
Technique:    Milled