10 Santeem - Haile Selassie I

Issuer Ethiopia
Year 1945-1975
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 10 Santeem (አሥር፡ሳንቲም) (0.10)
Currency Birr / Ethiopian Dollar (1945-1976)
Composition Brass (95% Copper, Zinc 5%)
Weight 6.0 g
Diameter 22.8 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to September 1976
Reference(s) KM#34, Schön#30
Obverse description Haile Selassie Bust Year 1936 of the Ethiopian calendar in Ge`ez script
Obverse script Ge`ez
Obverse lettering ፲፱፻፴፮
(Translation: 10 9 100 30 6 (meaning (10+9)*100+30+6 = 1936) (Ethiopian calendar, 1944 in Gregorian calendar))
Reverse description Crowned lion of Judah right, right foreleg raised holding ribboned cross.
Reverse script Ge`ez
Reverse lettering አሥር:ሳንቲም
(Translation: Ten Santeem (āširi sanitīmi))
Edge Reeded
Mint Heaton and Sons / The Mint
Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited),United Kingdom (1850-2003)
Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United
Kingdom (1968-date)
United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
Mintage 1936 (1945-1975) - ፲፱፻፴፮ - 348 998 000
Numisquare ID 1104268650
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