1 Gersh - Haile Selassie I Pattern

Ethiopia's 1931 coinage reform was driven by Haile Selassie's push to modernize the imperial monetary system following his coronation in November 1930. Pattern pieces from this series were struck in Paris at the Monnaie de Paris, where the dies were prepared before any decision on final specifications was confirmed. The gersh denominations proved particularly contentious in the approval process, and several compositional and dimensional variants were tested.

KM# P10 did not advance to circulation.