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CENT (Ande Santeem)  (KM# 32)

Alloy: Copper
Diameter: 17 mm
Ruler: Haile Selassie I EE1923-1929 / 1930- 36AD; Second Reign, EE1936-1966 / 1943-74AD
Obv: Bust left, date below
Rev: Crowned lion right, right foreleg raised holding ribboned cross
Note: Struck at Philadelphia, Birmingham and the Royal Mint, London between 1944 and 1975 with the date EE1936 frozen

Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU EE1936 20,000,000 - 0.10 0.20 1.00 2.00

CENT
0.6000 g., Aluminum, 17 mm. Series: F.A.O. Obv: Small lion head right, uniform chin whiskers Rev: Farmer with two oxen, denomination above

   The People’s Federal Republic of Ethiopia (formerly the Peoples Democratic Republic and the Empire of Ethiopia), Africa’s oldest independent nation, faces the Red Sea in East-Central Africa. The country has an area of 424,214 sq. mi. (1,004,390 sq. km.) and a population of 56 million people who are divided among 40 tribes that speak some 270 languages and dialects. Capital: Addis Ababa. The economy is predominantly agricultural and pastoral. Read the rest of this entry »