ETHIOPIAN PENNY, 1940 s haille sallesie

[skalleewag]

ETHIOPIAN PENNY, 1940 s haille sallesie

found ethiopian penny on beach, thanks dharmacy!!

 

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[Dharmacy]

Re: foreign coin found, need i.d. ...

Its Ethiopean, the guy is the emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie. They were minted in various denominations from 1 cent to 50 cents with one version of the 25 cent having a reeded edge. It dates from 1944.

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[skalleewag]

Re: foreign coin found, need i.d. ...

thank you ! thats cool ! haile sallesse was bob marleys guru ... rasta man ! cant belive i found a coin from ethiopia!!!!

 

[Dharmacy]

Re: foreign coin found, need i.d. ...

I guess that makes you iron, like lion in Zion?

Yeah I know that was sorta lame................


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[Nick in NEPA]

Re: foreign coin found, need i.d. ...

PS. That emperor supposedly said that he can trace his bloodline back to Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. It pays to skip ahead in your school history book...