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Item number Ca60 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Round, scalloped edges partly reeded; bust above text; lion above text. Obverse has bust of Haile Selassie I, facing left, above the date 1936 in Ethiopian figures. Reverse has crowned lion facing right, carrying a pole with a banner, above text.
History Of Use
Circulating small-denomination coin, valued at 25 cents. The scalloped edge is an anti-counterfeit measure put in place by the Bank of Ethiopia. Counterfeiters would dip 25 cent copper pieces in a nickel solution to pass them off as 50 cent silver coin as they were the same size and shape; now, only copper pieces have the distinct edge. This coin bears the Ethiopian date 1936, corresponding to 1944 C.E., but was actually issued 1952-53. The Ethiopian birr was established in the years following World War II and Ethiopia's liberation from Italian occupation. The currency itself was an assertion of Ethiopian independence and sovereignty.
Cultural Context
currency; exchange
Item History
- Made in Ethiopia between 1952 and 1953
- Collected during 1974
- Owned by Lemma Admasu before December 27, 1979
- Received from Lemma Admasu (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on December 27, 1979
What
- Name
- Coin
- Identification Number
- Ca60
- Type of Item
- coin
- Material
- copper metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- struck
- Overall
- height 0.08 in, diameter 1.0 in, weight 0.237 oz
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ethiopia
Who
- Culture
- Ethiopian
- Previous Owner
- Lemma Admasu
- Received from
- Lemma Admasu (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
When
- Creation Date
- between 1952 and 1953
- Collection Date
- during 1974
- Ownership Date
- before December 27, 1979
- Acquisition Date
- on December 27, 1979
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0587/0028
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