Catalog
5 Heller - Wilhelm II
| Issuer | German East Africa |
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| Year | 1913-1914 |
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| Currency | Decimalized Rupee (1904-1916) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a central round hole through which the denomination numeral '5' appears above and the word 'HELLER' below, with the value thus split vertically by the perforation. Two symmetrical olive branches frame the design on the left and right sides of the field, their stems meeting at the base. The mint mark 'A' appears to the right of the lower inscription, denoting the Berlin Mint. The composition is clean and balanced, characteristic of the holed coinage format used for German colonial issues. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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