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25 Santeem - Hailé Selassié I
| Issuer | Ethiopia |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Weight | 3.5 g |
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| Obverse script | Ge'ez (Ethiopic) |
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| Reverse script | Ge'ez (Ethiopic) |
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This coin was struck in 1944 — Ethiopian calendar year 1936 — as part of a broader recoinage effort following the restoration of Haile Selassie's rule after Italian occupation ended in 1941. The Philadelphia Mint produced the issue under contract, a common arrangement for Ethiopia at the time given the absence of a domestic mint facility.
The brass composition was a practical wartime substitution, copper-nickel having been diverted to Allied munitions production throughout the early 1940s.