Harrar( Ethiopia) 1 Besa Coin ( Not Listed In Krause)

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austrokiwi Pillar of the Community 2087 Posts	Posted 12/09/2012 06:35 am In Gills book " The Coinage of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Italian Somalia" (1991) he has a "token cataloged as TK1> Professor Hahn ( Vienna University Numismatic Department) has identified it as a coin from Harrar and the subsidiary coin of the Rare 1893 Harrar Malhallek( the first coin of Ethiopia) I managed to get one of these a couple of years back I suspect that because Gill thought it was a token it is undervalued and very rare. Note the lettering on the reverse (Gill assumes the Crown side is the obverse) is the Amharic Letter for "M" standing for Menelik Edited by austrokiwi 12/09/2012 06:36 am Report this Post to the Staff

wonghinghi Pillar of the Community Hong Kong 1270 Posts	Posted 12/09/2012 08:04 am Awesome, never seen such coin! It is great to have numismatics as a subject in University of your country. Report this Post to the Staff
Nightparrot New Member Australia 31 Posts	Posted 01/05/2013 03:36 am Those harar coins are interesting. There's a couple on ebay at the moment. http://www.ebay.com/itm/G9319-Athio...em2c6b33b2ff http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ethiopia-Pr...em41696dffc2 Report this Post to the Staff
austrokiwi Pillar of the Community 2087 Posts	Posted 01/05/2013 10:43 am The seller in the second link is extremely optimistic. US$500 is about the current market level. As an aside the coffee from Harrar is some of the best in the world( When you can get it) Edited by austrokiwi 01/05/2013 10:47 am Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 01/05/2013 11:34 am In recent years Harrar coffee has been in short supply and of questionable quality. Try Sidama or Yerg. Report this Post to the Staff
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