https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Ethiopia_EE1887-A_1%2F8_birr 2026-07-25T12:25:17Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.35.0 https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?title=Ethiopia_EE1887-A_1/8_birr&diff=571658&oldid=prev 2025-10-09T23:55:49Z

<p>Text replacement - &quot;&#039;&#039;Specifications&#039;&#039;:&quot; to &quot;&#039;&#039;Specification&#039;&#039;:&quot;</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:55, 9 October 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9" >Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''Recorded mintage'': 25,000.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''Recorded mintage'': 25,000.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Specifications</del>'': 3.509 g, 0.835 fine silver, 0.0942 oz ASW.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Specification</ins>'': 3.509 g, 0.835 fine silver, 0.0942 oz ASW.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''Catalog reference'': KM 2.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''Catalog reference'': KM 2.  </div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>This page contains material from http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/Ethiopia_EE1887-A_1%2F8_birr</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:ETH_1887A-EE_eighthbirr_HA-lot23616-USD89-obv.jpg|300px|thumb|Courtesy Heritage Auctions]]<br /> [[Image:ETH_1887A-EE_eighthbirr_HA-lot23616-USD89-rev.jpg|300px|thumb|Courtesy Heritage Auctions]]<br /> The coin shown is a silver eighth birr dated 1887 (Ethiopian Era). On the obverse is a portrait of King Menelik II. The date is along the base and is written in a format particular to Ethiopia, with and extra digit denoting magnitude. The reverse has the crowned lion of Judah with Amharic script in exergue. The mintmark for Paris (A) is below the lion. <br /> <br /> Menelik II brought the Ethiopian Empire into the modern world. Previous to his reign, transactions were by barter, salt, or by imported coins such as the Maria Teresa Thaler&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt;. He instituted a state coinage and successfully defended the empire against the attempted colonization by Italy in 1896. [[Ethiopia]] dates its coins using the Julian calendar, which is backdated approximately 7 years from the Gregorian calendar.<br /> <br /> This specimen was lot 23616 on April 26, 2010, at the 2010 April Rosemont, IL CICF Signature World Coin Auction #3009 by Heritage Auctions. It brought $89. The catalog description reads: &quot;Menelik II 1/8 Birr EE1887 (1894), XF, strong portrait.&quot;<br /> <br /> ''Recorded mintage'': 25,000.<br /> <br /> ''Specifications'': 3.509 g, 0.835 fine silver, 0.0942 oz ASW. <br /> <br /> ''Catalog reference'': KM 2. <br /> <br /> ''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]'' <br /> * Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.<br /> * &lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt;Gill, Dennis, ''Coinage of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Italian Somalia'', New York: Printing Mart of Long Island, Inc, 1991.<br /> <br /> ''Link to:''<br /> * [[Ethiopia EE1887-A 1/4 birr]]<br /> * [[Ethiopia EE1888-A 1/2 gersh]]<br /> * [[Ethiopia EE1888-A gersh]]<br /> * [[Ethiopia EE1888-A 1/8 birr]]<br /> * [[Ethiopia EE1889 gersh]]<br /> * [[Coins and currency dated 1894]]<br /> * return to coins of [[Ethiopia]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3009]]</div>

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