Ethiopia 1972-NI 50 dollars Fr-39
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This specimen was lot 55259 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description[1] noted, "ETHIOPIA. 50 Birr, 1972-NI. Italian (Numismatic Italiana) Mint. Haile Selassie I (Ras Tafari Makonnen). NGC PROOF-67 Ultra Cameo. Commemorating Empress Zauditu." This is one of a series of NCLT's struck in Italy to honor Haile Selassie's predecessors as emperor. It is dated 1972 AD and EE 1964. This design was also used on a silver five dollars (KM 51).
Recorded mintage: 16,000 proofs.
Specification: 20 g, 0.900 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-39; KM-58.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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