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200 Dollars - Hailé Selassié I 2nd Reign Golden Jubilee Obverse Trial
| Issuer | Ethiopian Empire (Ethiopia) |
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| Year | 1958 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Ge'ez, Latin (Fraktur blackletter) |
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| Reverse description | Completely blank reverse with no design, inscription, or device of any kind, presenting a plain, unadorned field with visible surface marks consistent with an obverse trial or pattern strike. A small assay or hallmark punch mark is faintly visible near the lower right rim. |
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Trial pieces for the 1958 Golden Jubilee issue were produced as presentation and approval strikes before the final gold coinage was authorized. This bronze example, gold-plated rather than struck in the actual emission metal, served the practical function of testing die quality and design approval without committing to the cost of gold blanks — a standard step in the production chain for high-denomination commemorative issues.
The jubilee marked 50 years since Selassié's 1908 elevation within the imperial court, not strictly his reign, since his formal coronation came in 1930.