AFRICAN COINS...LET'S SEE THEM!

1950 Mozambique 2.50 Escudos

 

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1944 Southern Rhodesia 1/2 Crown

 

East Africa - 1957 5C and 1956 10C - Both MS 65 RD

 

Real sharp looking coin. I like it

 

20 cent pickup today. Let’s bring this back!

 

Central African Empire

 

Here is one from the Axum Empire.
King Endubis 290-330AD AV Tremissis ND 1.39g. 15mm.

Axum was situated where present day Ethiopia/ Eritrea/ Somalia are. They traded with the Kushan and Roman Empire.

 

Well, since this thread was revived, here’s one of my coins from Kilwa:

East Africa - Kilwa Sultanate
al-Ḥasan b. Sulaymān, r. 1310-1333
Kisiwani mint, AE Fals, 19.01 mm x 1.7 grams
Obv.: احسن بن / سليمان / عزذصز (al-Hasan ibn / Sulaiman / yathiku (May his victory be glorious!)). Inscription in three lines
Rev.: يتق / بالواحل / النان (trusts / in the One (God) / the Bountiful). Inscription in three lines
Ref.: SICA 10, #615, Freeman-Grenville 1954, pg. 223 no. xv, Walker obv: XVII, Rev.: XXIII, Album 1183, Zeno 112574
Note: found on Kilwa island in 1982

 

Congo.

 

Ghana.

 

Guinea.

 

Zaire.

 

Malawi.

 

Seychelles.

 

Sierra Leone.

 

here are 2 more (both part of the Conservation Series of 1974-79/ 24 Countries took part)

Zaire 100 Zaires (Leopard) 34mm. 33g. 1975
Zambia 250 Kwacha (Cape Hunting Dog) 34mm. 33.g. 1979

 

Katanga -- 1961 1 franc:

 

Always like another opportunity to post this one again

 

Back to the past.....
AV Dinar AH504 1110AD Misr (Cairo) Mint
Caliph al-Amir Fatimid Dynasty of Egypt/Syria

 

Almohad Caliphate, 13th century north Africa