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Need Help With This Ethiopian Coin / Medal ?

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 Posted 01/05/2016  10:34 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Numister to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Bought this a while back but could not find info on this exact coin / medal, it's likely Ethiopian that's all I know. Any clues ?

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 Posted 01/05/2016  3:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Petrus to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Buste seems to be Ras Tafari
There is a date below the left part of the bust:
numbers are:
10 9 100 6? 3
so the date is (10+9) x 100 + (6 + 3) = EE1963
add 8 to have the AD date (1972/3)
I could be wrong on the 6

And it could be a replica?
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01/05/2016 3:50 pm
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 Posted 01/05/2016  3:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add fioti to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
There are several sites pertaining to Ethiopic numerals & alphabet, that's a start.
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 Posted 01/05/2016  4:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add InconsistentBlend to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The date seems a bit different than one's that posted Petrus as far as I see - ((10+9)x100) + 20 + 3 = 1923 + 8 = 1930/1. But this doesn't look like anything that was officialy cirtulating well, looks like there were coins with this reverse, and other coins with this obverse, but not together. I found something similar on AC search - but it is a silver pattern. AC search.

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Edit: I didn't thought of that, but It indeed can be a replica of the pattern as Petrus suggested? Also the star above the lion seems a little weird.
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01/05/2016 4:13 pm
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