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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hiddendragon, post: 26520483, member: 25270&quot;]The age of exploration and colonization is one of my main areas of interest too. I didn&#039;t realize the coin you posted was issued in 1897 as I have only seen 1898 and assumed it was a one-year coin, as many African coins are from the 1800s. I don&#039;t have a picture of mine but yours is nicer. Here are some other early African coins I have. Most aren&#039;t too rare. </p><p><br /></p><p>1791 Sierra Leone 1 penny</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1690417[/ATTACH] </p><p>1814 Angola 1 macuta</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1690418[/ATTACH] </p><p>1821 St. Helena Halfpenny</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1690419[/ATTACH] </p><p>1882 Zanzibar 1 pysa</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1690420[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>1888 Mombasa 1 rupee. Recently I was at a major coin show and I asked a bunch of dealers if they had one of these and came up empty. A little later I realized I already owned one, so I&#039;m glad I didn&#039;t find one or I&#039;d have doubles. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1690421[/ATTACH] </p><p>1888 Mombasa quarter anna</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1690422[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>1890 Eritrea 1 lira</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1690423[/ATTACH] </p><p>1904 German East Africa 1 rupie. Gotta love the hat.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1690424[/ATTACH] </p><p>1914 Italian Somalia 1 rupia</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1690425[/ATTACH] </p><p>1925 Cameroon 1 franc</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1690426[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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