View source for Ethiopia 1972-NI 100 dollars

[[Image:H3096-31039o.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3096, lot 31039]]
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This specimen was lot 31039 in Heritage auction 3096 (Dallas, TX, March 2021), where it sold for $2,520. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Ethiopia]]: Haile Selassie I gold Proof "Emperor's Birth & Reign" 100 Dollars 1972-NI PR67 Ultra Cameo NGC, Numismatica Italiana mint. #48. A large issue commemorating Haile Selassie. From the Paramount Collection." This NCLT was one of a series of gold commemoratives issued to celebrate the emperor (KM 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 55, 56, 57, [[Ethiopia 1972-NI 50 dollars Fr-39|KM 58]]). The emperor loved to present gold medallions as gifts and many types exist which blur the line between medals and coins. Haile Selassie was overthrown in 1974 and died in 1975. Ethiopia uses its own calendar, so AD 1972 = EE 1964.

''Recorded mintage:'' 10,000.

''Specification:'' 40 g, 0.900 fine gold, AGW 1.1574 oz. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 59, Fr-35. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, ''The Paramount Collection World & Ancient Coins: Signature Auction 3096'', Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.

''Link to:''
* [[Ethiopia 1966 200 dollars]]
* [[Ethiopia 1972-NI 50 dollars Fr-39|EE1964/1972 50 dollars, Empress Zauditu]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1972]]

[[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3096]][[Category: Gold coins of Africa]]