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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 26672936, member: 135271&quot;]Oh wow! Now that is a beauty! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my much more humble version:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1701811[/ATTACH] </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>IMPERIAL BRITISH EAST AFRICA COMPANY</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>AR Rupee (30.3mm, 11.65g, 6h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Dated 1888. Heaton &amp; Sons mint, Birmingham, UK</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: Crowned sun above ribbon reading LIGHT AND LIBERTY; ONE RUPEE above, MOMBASA below</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: IMPERIAL BRITISH EAST AFRICA COMPANY above pair of scales; in between scales, Arabic inscription عدل [Justice]; below, H over · 1888 ·</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: Numista 17050</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Mintage: 94,000</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Rich cabinet toning. The Imperial British East Africa Company (IBEAC) was founded in 1888 with the goal of developing British trade and influence in the territory of East Africa. With oversight of nearly a quarter million square miles, the IBEAC was also responsible for administration and given quasi-governmental powers. In 1890, the IBEAC began work on a 600-mile road in preparation for a railway that was to connect the port of Mombasa with the distant border of Uganda. However, conflict with rival interests led to a civil war which halted the project, and ultimately led to the company&#039;s bankruptcy and dissolution in 1896.</i></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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