German East Africa 1910-J 1 rupie

from the Ma'adi collection

from the Ma'adi collection

This type was struck 1904-1914 for German East Africa to the standard of an Indian rupee. It is fairly expensive in high grade but not so scarce as the half rupie. 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.

Recorded mintage: 270,000.

Specification: 11.66 g, 0.917 fine silver, .343 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 10.

Source:

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

Link to:

• 1900 rupie
• 1910-J ¼ rupie
• India 1901-B rupee
• 1911-A 10 heller
• 1911-A rupie
• 1916 15 rupien
• Coins and currency dated 1910
• return to coins of German East Africa