100 Dollars - Hailé Selassié I 2nd Reign, Golden Jubilee

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.