German East Africa 1904-A 1/4 rupie
German East Africa was consolidated and officially proclaimed a German colony in 1897. After a prolonged struggle, the British managed to conquer the region during World War One and it was partitioned between them and the Belgians by the Treaty of Versailles. The Belgian portion is now Burundi and Rwanda and the British part merged with Zanzibar to form Tanzania. This specimen was lot 22648 in Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $180. The catalog description[1] noted, "GERMAN EAST AFRICA. 1/4 Rupie, 1904-A. PCGS MS-63 Secure Holder. Sharply struck and brilliant."
Recorded mintage: 300,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 2.916 g, 0.917 silver, 19.2 mm diameter, reeded edge, 0.086 oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 8.
- Jaeger, Kurt, Die Deutschen Münzen seit 1871, Basel: Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1982.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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