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100 Dollars - Hailé Selassié I 2nd Reign, Golden Jubilee
| Issuer | Ethiopia |
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| Year | 1966 |
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| In circulation to | September 1976 |
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| Reverse description | The Lion of Judah, the traditional heraldic symbol of the Ethiopian Empire, depicted passant to the right with the raised right forepaw holding an upright processional cross with a draped banner. The lion wears an imperial crown and stands on a ground line. The denomination '100 E$' appears in the right field, with Ge'ez numeral and script equivalent in the left field. A bilingual legend in Ge'ez script occupies the upper arc, while the Latin inscription 'Empire of Ethiopia' and the date '1966' appear in the lower portion of the coin. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1966 Empire of Ethiopia |
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Struck to mark the fortieth anniversary of Haile Selassie's coronation, this issue was produced at the height of his international prestige — before the 1973 famine and the Derg coup that would end both his reign and his life. The jubilee coinage was minted in relatively small quantities and targeted almost entirely at foreign collectors and diplomatic gift-giving rather than domestic circulation.
The 40-gram weight was a deliberate departure from standard gold coin conventions, tied symbolically to the forty-year anniversary itself.