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10 Heller - Wilhelm II Trial Strike
| Issuer | German East Africa |
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| Year | 1908 |
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| Shape | Round with a round hole |
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| Obverse description | Plain field centered on a circular hole, flanked by the date numerals '19' to the left and '08' to the right. Above the hole, a prominent Imperial German crown is depicted with flanking foliate scrollwork, all enclosed within a beaded inner border. The two-line legend 'DEUTSCH OST- / AFRIKA' arcs across the lower field in bold serif lettering, identifying the colonial issuer. The entire design is contained within a raised rim bordered by a continuous beaded dentilated ring. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Trial strikes for the 1908 German East Africa coinage were produced in Mombasa under the administration of the Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft as Berlin debated the practicalities of a colonial subsidiary coinage. The copper-nickel composition tested here was ultimately rejected in favor of bronze for the circulating issue, a decision driven partly by concerns about durability in tropical humidity and partly by cost.
KM#Pn2 is among a handful of pattern pieces from this series known to have survived outside German institutional collections.