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pordy New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 09/25/2007 9:12 pm I've sorted through about 2000 world coins in the past month and this is the second of two that I haven't been able to track down the country (the first was already IDd by Sap- much thanks!). Ideas? Also, thanks for the KM# info- I've already ordered a used copy! Oh, its about 12mm, light, of cheap material- about .5 grams. Thanks kindly Patrick Edited by pordy 09/25/2007 9:44 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Scottishmoney Pillar of the Community United States 597 Posts	Posted 09/25/2007 10:02 pm Ethiopia based on the alphabet Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 09/25/2007 10:15 pm Ethiopia, one cent, 17mm alum, 1969 Emperor Haile Selassie II. Three varieties KM# 43.1, 43.2, and 43.3. Report this Post to the Staff
pordy New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 09/25/2007 10:15 pm Scottishmoney- good call. Just found several Ethiopia coins on ebay with similar lion (my KM catalog until the real one comes :) I'm used to (maybe older?) Ethiopia coins having the crowned lion. Thanks! Patrick Report this Post to the Staff
arthrene Pillar of the Community United States 1713 Posts	Posted 09/25/2007 11:11 pm I think I should have asked this by now but for whatever reason haven't. Pordy's comment made me think of it. I need someone to explain the KM#s to me too. Report this Post to the Staff
GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 09/25/2007 11:19 pm Very nice! I don't have one of the Lion series coins yet. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 09/26/2007 01:40 am This coin is definitely Ethiopian, but it's from the Socialist Republic, not from the monarchy; that's why the usual crowned Lion of Judah is absent. The date on it (in Ethiopian numerals) is certainly 1969, but Ethiopia uses a slightly different calendar, which is eight years behind ours; Ethiopian Era 1969 was 1977, after Emperor Haile Selassie was ousted in a Marxist revolution. The Ethiopian calendar was in the news recently; they've only just had their Year 2000 celebrations over there. quote: arthrene asked: I need someone to explain the KM#s to me too. KM numbers are the numbers used in the Krause catalogue, the "Standard Catalog of World Coins". numbers are allocated chronologically, by country; the first coin a country issued is KM# 1, and so forth; each different type is allocated a different number; minor variations are allocated subnumbers. For instance, in the USA series, "bronze Lincoln wheat cents" are KM# 132, while "1943 steel cents" are KM# 132a. "Bronze Lincoln memorial cents" are KM 201, while the plated zinc ones are KM 201a and 201b. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
pordy New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 09/26/2007 11:43 pm Thanks everybody. 17mm indeed echizento- I obviously can't read a ruler :) Sap- great info-- the reason why I find world coins fascinating-- a little piece of history in all of them. Report this Post to the Staff
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