1 Santeem - Haile Selassie I

Features

Issuer	Ethiopian Empire (Ethiopia)
Emperor	Haile Selassie I (1930-1936, 1941-1974)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1936 (1944-1973)
Dating	Ethiopian calendar (Geʽez)
Value	1 Santeem (አንድ፡ሳንቲም) (0.01)
Currency	Birr / Ethiopian Dollar (1945-1976)
Composition	Brass (95% Copper, 5% Zinc)
Weight	2.892 g
Diameter	17 mm
Thickness	1.88 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	September 1976
Number	N# 2974
References	KM# 32 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 28 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Haile Selassie Bust
Year 1936 of the Ethiopian calendar in Ge'ez script (1944)

Script: Ge'ez

Lettering: ፲፱፻፴፮

Translation: 10 9 100 30 6 (meaning (10+9)*100+30+6 = 1936)

Reverse

Crowned lion of Judah holding a cross

Script: Ge'ez

Lettering: አንድ:ሳንቲም

Translation: One santeem (ānidi sanitīmi)

Edge

Plain

Mints

	Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003)
	Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)
	United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)

Comments

Despite being listed in the Standard Catalog of World Coins as Copper, official US Mint and Royal Mint records state that these coins were minted in Copper and Zinc (Brass).

Of the Philadelphia Mint issue, 3,000,000 were minted in 1944 and 12,000,000 were minted in 1945.

Of the Heaton's Mint issue, 5,000,000 were minted in 1967.

Of the British Royal Mint issue, 5,000,000 were minted in 1973.

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Date			Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1936 (1944)			25 000 000	0.16	0.84	0.84	0.91	1.60	1.90	2.40		፲፱፻፴፮

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