5 Santeem Magnetic

5 Santeem (Magnetic) - obverse5 Santeem (Magnetic) - reverse

Obverse © Cyrillius

Features

Issuer Ethiopia
Period Provisional Military Administrative Council (የኅብረተሰብአዊት ኢትዮጵያ ጊዜያዊ ወታደራዊ መንግሥት) (1974-1987)
Federal Democratic Republic (ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ) (1995-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1969-2004 (1977-2012)
Calendar Ethiopian
Value 5 Santims (አምስት፡ሳንቲም)
0.05 ETB = USD 0.00088
Currency Birr (1976-date)
Composition Brass plated steel
Weight 2.961 g
Diameter 20 mm
Thickness 1.29 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
65392
References KM# 44.3,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Schön# 51a
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Small Ethiopian lion head right, uniform chin whiskers, and the date below

Script: Ge'ez

Lettering:
ኢትዮጵያ
፪ሺህ

Translation:
Ethiopia
2 thousand (2000, Ethiopian calendar)

Reverse

Vagabond Hunter and the denomination in numerals to the left

Script: Ge'ez

Lettering:
5
አምስት:ሳንቲም

Translation:
5
Five Santeem (āmisiti sanitīmi)

Engraver: Stuart Devlin

Edge

Smooth

Mints

Royal Canadian Mint of Winnipeg, Canada (1976-date)
Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)
FM The Franklin Mint, Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States (1964-date)

Comments

This coin is magnetic. For the non-magnetic version, see KM#44.

The year 2000 is interesting in writing Ge'ez numbers, as there are no characters for zero and 1000. For example 1969 is written as '10 9 100 60 9' ((10+9)*100+60+9) and 2004 is written as '20 100 4' (20*100+4). On the coin '2 thousand' is written, yet according to this (modern) online converter writing '20 100' (20*100) would have been possible as well: www.metaappz.com/Geez_Numbers_Converter/

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1969 (1977) FM 12 000 $ 2.10 7% ፲፱፻፷፱ - (Large lion head) Proof; Schön# 51.1 (If not magnetic, see KM#44)
1969 (1977) FM $ 0.38 $ 1.60 6% ፲፱፻፷፱ - (Large lion head); Schön# 51.1 (If not magnetic, see KM#44)
1996 (2004)  $ 0.13 $ 0.42 $ 0.54 $ 0.86 $ 0.86 21% ፲፱፻፺፮ - Royal Mint (UK), larger lion head, Schön# 51a.1
1998 (2006)  $ 0.54 $ 0.73 $ 0.96 12% ፲፱፻፺፰ - Royal Mint (UK), larger lion head, Schön# 51a.1
1999 (2007)  3% ፲፱፻፺፱ - Royal Mint (UK), larger lion head, Schön# 51a.1
2000 (2008)  $ 0.52 $ 0.53 $ 0.65 $ 0.90 $ 0.90 51% ፪ሺህ - Royal Canadian Mint, smaller lion head, Schön# 51a.2
2004 (2012)  $ 0.37 $ 0.37 $ 0.62 $ 0.86 21% ፳ ፻ ፬ - Royal Canadian Mint, smaller lion head, Schön# 51a.2

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