Coin: cupronickel 25 cent

Museum number:
5-8507
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050008507
Accession number:
Acc.2569
Description:
Obverse: crowned head of Haile Selassie I Reverse: lion with crown and scepter; denomination; Amharic inscription Denomination: 25 cents. Size: 2.2 cm. Condition: good Content: nickel copper alloy Mint Date: 1923 (Ethiopian); 1931 (our calendar)
Donor:
David Solomon and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ethiopia; Addis Ababa
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1931 AD
Accession date:
October 1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: cupronickel 25 cent, accession number 5-8507, described as Obverse: crowned head of Haile Selassie I Reverse: lion with crown and scepter; denomination; Amharic inscription Denomination: 25 cents. Size: 2.2 cm. Condition: good Content: nickel copper alloy Mint Date: 1923 (Ethiopian); 1931 (our calendar)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: cupronickel 25 cent, accession number 5-8507, described as Obverse: crowned head of Haile Selassie I Reverse: lion with crown and scepter; denomination; Amharic inscription Denomination: 25 cents. Size: 2.2 cm. Condition: good Content: nickel copper alloy Mint Date: 1923 (Ethiopian); 1931 (our calendar)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: cupronickel 25 cent, accession number 5-8507, described as Obverse: crowned head of Haile Selassie I Reverse: lion with crown and scepter; denomination; Amharic inscription Denomination: 25 cents. Size: 2.2 cm. Condition: good Content: nickel copper alloy Mint Date: 1923 (Ethiopian); 1931 (our calendar)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: cupronickel 25 cent, accession number 5-8507, described as Obverse: crowned head of Haile Selassie I Reverse: lion with crown and scepter; denomination; Amharic inscription Denomination: 25 cents. Size: 2.2 cm. Condition: good Content: nickel copper alloy Mint Date: 1923 (Ethiopian); 1931 (our calendar)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: cupronickel 25 cent, accession number 5-8507, described as Obverse: crowned head of Haile Selassie I Reverse: lion with crown and scepter; denomination; Amharic inscription Denomination: 25 cents. Size: 2.2 cm. Condition: good Content: nickel copper alloy Mint Date: 1923 (Ethiopian); 1931 (our calendar)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: cupronickel 25 cent, accession number 5-8507, described as Obverse: crowned head of Haile Selassie I Reverse: lion with crown and scepter; denomination; Amharic inscription Denomination: 25 cents. Size: 2.2 cm. Condition: good Content: nickel copper alloy Mint Date: 1923 (Ethiopian); 1931 (our calendar)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: cupronickel 25 cent, accession number 5-8507, described as Obverse: crowned head of Haile Selassie I Reverse: lion with crown and scepter; denomination; Amharic inscription Denomination: 25 cents. Size: 2.2 cm. Condition: good Content: nickel copper alloy Mint Date: 1923 (Ethiopian); 1931 (our calendar)

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