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''Catalog reference:'' KM 40. | ''Catalog reference:'' KM 40. | ||
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* [[Ethiopia 1966 20 dollars]] | * [[Ethiopia 1966 20 dollars]] | ||
* [[Ethiopia 1966 200 dollars]] | * [[Ethiopia 1966 200 dollars]] | ||
| + | * [[Ethiopia 1972-NI 50 dollars Fr-39|1972 50 dollars, Empress Zauditu]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1966]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1966]] | ||
* return to coins of [[Ethiopia]] | * return to coins of [[Ethiopia]] | ||
[[Category:Gold coins of Africa]] [[Category: Selections from Heritage sale 3004]] | [[Category:Gold coins of Africa]] [[Category: Selections from Heritage sale 3004]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:43, 2 September 2023
The coin shown is a fifty dollar gold coin, dated 1958 (Ethiopian Era) and 1966 AD. On the obverse is a portrait of King Haile Selassie. The reverse has the crowned lion of Judah with Amharic script in exergue. The date is along the base and is written in a format particular to Ethiopia, with an extra digit denoting magnitude. The Gregorian date is listed below it. This coin was issued on the 75th Anniversary of Haile Selassie's birth, and fiftieth Jubilee of his reign.
This specimen was lot 20793 in Heritage sale 3004 (New York, January, 2009), where it brought $632.50. The catalog description reads: "Haile Selassie gold 50 Dollars 1966-NI, Proof 64 Ultra Cameo NGC, commemorative marking the 50th year of reign and his 75th birthday."
Recorded mintage: 15,000.
Specification: 20 g, 0.900 fine gold, 0.5787 AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 40.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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