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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 1009306, member: 4910&quot;]After watching the 1950 film &quot;King Solomon&#039;s Mines&quot; and identifying</p><p>the coins worn by one of the actors as late 1800&#039;s Ethiopian Birrs,</p><p>I just had to to get one (or two).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_ethiopia_b01_1889.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Ethiopia Birr EE 1889 (AD 1897) Type I</p><p>Emperor Menelik II</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_ethiopia_b01_1895.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Ethiopia Birr EE 1895 (AD 1903) Type II, slightly different design</p><p>Was mounted at one time (or suffered post-elephant damage, see below)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>These pictures are from the 1950 MGM (Metro Goldwym Meyer) film</p><p>&quot;King Solomon&#039;s Mines&quot; which is based on H. Rider Haggard&#039;s novel about Africa.</p><p>The film is set in 1887.</p><p><br /></p><p>Alan Quatermain, a professional hunter, takes two clients, a brother and sister,</p><p>to search for the missing husband of the sister.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stewart Granger plays the hunter and Deborah Kerr plays the sister.</p><p><br /></p><p>Early in the film, Alan&#039;s African assistant is killed by an elephant.</p><p>Alan removes a decoration from the man&#039;s neck to give to his wife.</p><p>The decoration appears to be two silver dollar sized coins joined by beads.</p><p>The coins have been identified as Ethiopian Birrs.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_kingsolomons_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Alan comforting fallen man</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_kingsolomons_2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Alan holding the two coins</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_kingsolomons_3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Another view of one of the coins</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_kingsolomons_coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a real silver Ethiopian Birr or Talari of King Menelik II.</p><p>The date on the coin is the Ethiopian Era year 1889 (AD 1897).</p><p>They are the size of a US silver dollar (38mm) and were made from AD 1894 to 1904.</p><p><br /></p><p>I put some more coins from movies on my website (below).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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