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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
ETHIOPIA & HARAR |
| Item Description: |
WERK EE1889 Ethiopia |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 62 |
| Owner: |
Silvereagle82 |
Owner Comments:
1897(EE1889) Werk - Design: OBVERSE: Crowned bust of Emperor Menelik II ~ REVERSE: Lion of Judah.
Mint: Paris
Mintage: ??
References: KM# 18 / Fr.20
Specifications: mm / 7.0000 g. @ .9000 Gold = .2025 oz AGW
Acquired: June 2006
Notes:
- Menelik II was famous for defeating the Italian Army of King Umberto in the late 1890s with a very poorly equipped army and antique cannons