Ethiopia EE1936 5 cents

This type was struck during the reign of Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia. It has a frozen date of EE 1936 = AD 1944, and was made at the London mint. Obverse: bust of Haile Selassie, reverse: lion of Judah.

Recorded mintage: 219,000,000.

Specification: copper, designed by Gilroy Roberts.

Catalog reference: KM 33.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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