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| 正面文字 | Ge'ez |
| 正面铭文 | ዳግማዊ፡ምኒልክ፡ ንጉሠ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ። (Translation: His Imperial Majesty Menelik, King of Kings of Ethiopia) |
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The 1897 Birr patterns for Menelik II were struck almost certainly in anticipation of the Emperor's dramatically elevated international standing following the Battle of Adwa in March of that year — the decisive Ethiopian victory over Italian forces that shocked European colonial powers and forced Italy to recognize Ethiopian sovereignty in the Treaty of Addis Ababa. A gold pattern of this weight would have served dynastic ambition as much as monetary planning, projecting the image of a modern sovereign state to a skeptical European audience.
No gold Birr ever entered regular circulation. The pattern remains one of very few physical artifacts connecting Adwa's political aftermath to Menelik's coinage program.