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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 4635335, member: 102103"]Spurred on by my previous attempts, I checked my local coin shop and nearly </p><p>cleared out their entire Ethiopian coin section. Not very hard--it was only a </p><p>handful of coins and cost less than US $20.</p><p><br /></p><p>First two coins:</p><p>1 Ghersh, Menelik II, ፲፰፺፩ 1895 = 1903 AD (silver)</p><p>25 Matonas, Hailé Selassié I, ፲፱፳፫ 1923 = 1931 AD (Nickel)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1146087[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1146088[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Next 3: 1, 5 and 10 Santeem, Hailé Selassié I, ፲፱፻፴፮ 1936 = 1944 AD</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1146092[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1146095[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Next 4: Modern (post-Imperial)</p><p>5 Santeem, Brass, Derg Socialist Junta, ፲፱፻፷፱ 1969 = 1977 AD</p><p>10 Santeem, Brass, Derg Socialist Junta, ፲፱፻፷፱ 1969 = 1977 AD</p><p>25 Santeem, Nickle-plated Steel, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia</p><p>፪ሺህ 2000 = 2008 </p><p>ሺ is the word "thousand" (ši) rather than the numeral, which is ፼.</p><p>Thus the lack of brackets over and below it. I don't know what ህ means, </p><p>but I assume the word "year" or something similar.</p><p>50 Santeem, Cu-Ni, Derg Socialist Junta, ፲፱፻፷፱ 1969 = 1977 AD</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1146089[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1146091[/ATTACH]</p><p>Interestingly, the coin designs were almost unchanged after the end of the socialist </p><p>government. Perhaps because they chose a national symbol (the lion) rather than</p><p>explicitly socialist imagery. The imperial-era coins all have the Lion of Judah: a lion</p><p>carrying a crossed scepter at an angle representing the Imperial family and its </p><p>purported Solomonic lineage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 4635335, member: 102103"]Spurred on by my previous attempts, I checked my local coin shop and nearly cleared out their entire Ethiopian coin section. Not very hard--it was only a handful of coins and cost less than US $20. First two coins: 1 Ghersh, Menelik II, ፲፰፺፩ 1895 = 1903 AD (silver) 25 Matonas, Hailé Selassié I, ፲፱፳፫ 1923 = 1931 AD (Nickel) [ATTACH=full]1146087[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1146088[/ATTACH] Next 3: 1, 5 and 10 Santeem, Hailé Selassié I, ፲፱፻፴፮ 1936 = 1944 AD [ATTACH=full]1146092[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1146095[/ATTACH] Next 4: Modern (post-Imperial) 5 Santeem, Brass, Derg Socialist Junta, ፲፱፻፷፱ 1969 = 1977 AD 10 Santeem, Brass, Derg Socialist Junta, ፲፱፻፷፱ 1969 = 1977 AD 25 Santeem, Nickle-plated Steel, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ፪ሺህ 2000 = 2008 ሺ is the word "thousand" (ši) rather than the numeral, which is ፼. Thus the lack of brackets over and below it. I don't know what ህ means, but I assume the word "year" or something similar. 50 Santeem, Cu-Ni, Derg Socialist Junta, ፲፱፻፷፱ 1969 = 1977 AD [ATTACH=full]1146089[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1146091[/ATTACH] Interestingly, the coin designs were almost unchanged after the end of the socialist government. Perhaps because they chose a national symbol (the lion) rather than explicitly socialist imagery. The imperial-era coins all have the Lion of Judah: a lion carrying a crossed scepter at an angle representing the Imperial family and its purported Solomonic lineage.[/QUOTE]
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