1 Santeem FAO

Reverse © tolnomur (CC BY-NC-SA)

Features

Issuer	Ethiopia
Ruling authority	Provisional Military Administrative Council (የኅብረተሰብአዊት ኢትዮጵያ ጊዜያዊ ወታደራዊ መንግሥት) (1974-1987) Federal Democratic Republic (ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ) (1995-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Years	1969-1997 (1977-2005)
Calendar	Ethiopian
Value	1 Santim (አንድ፡ሳንቲም) 0.01 ETB = USD 0.000074
Currency	Birr (1976-date)
Composition	Aluminium (98% Aluminium, 2% Magnesium)
Weight	0.6 g
Diameter	17 mm
Thickness	1.2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 2997
References	KM# 43.1-43.3 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). , Schön# 50 Battenberg (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (3 volumes).

Commemorative issue

FAO

Obverse

Roaring Ethiopian lion bust facing right (Large head, uniform whiskers). Date below

Script: Ge'ez

Lettering:
ኢትዮጵያ
፲፱፻፷፱

Translation:
Ethiopia
10 9 100 60 9 (meaning (10+9)*100+60+9 = 1969) (Ethiopian calendar)

Engraver: Stuart Devlin

Reverse

Pair of Oxen and Farmer

Script: Ge'ez

Lettering:
1
አንድ:ሳንቲም

Translation:
1
One Santeem

Engraver: Stuart Devlin

Edge

Plain

Mints

	Berlin, Germany (1280-date)
	Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)
	VDM Metals / Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke, Werdohl, Germany (1930-date)
	VDM Metals / Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke, Werdohl, Germany (1930-date)
(FM)	Franklin Mint (The Franklin Mint), Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States (1964-2003)

Comments

Obverse
Die I - Lion head to the right, thick script, long well graved locks of hair, the wiskers at the bottom are evenly cut.
Die II - Lion to the left, thin script, short locks of hair, there are two long wiskers at the bottom.
Die III - Large lion head, details almost touch the rim.

Reverse
Die A - thick script, numeral 1 closer to peasant, details far from rim, the soil depicted with rould clods of earth.
Die B - thin script, numeral 1 in the middle between peasant and horn of bull, details closer to rim, the soil depicted with hill-shape clods of earth.
Die C - thick script, details close to rim, FM monogram to the right.

Dies III and C are presented as the main photo of this article.

Combinations:
I+A EE1969 (struck by Royal Mint in London, the Great Britain).
II+B EE1969 (struck by Berlin, German Democratic Republic), EE1996, EE1997.
III+C EE1969 (struck by Franklin Mint, the USA).

Correspondence to SCWC references:
I+A KM#43.1.
II+B EE1969 - KM#43.2; EE1996, EE1997 - KM#43.3.
III+C KM#43.3.

Notes.
1. Position of lion head to the right and to the left on dies I and II sometimes by mistake is referred as small and large lion head, though the size does not differ much. See the size of lion head on the main image of this article, where die III with large lion head is presented.
2. The attribution by SCWC of years EE1996 and EE1997 as KM#43.3 is most probably a typo.

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1969 (1977)	35 034 000	$ 0.46	$ 0.58	$ 0.68	$ 0.68	$ 0.91	$ 1.10	KM# 43.1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes).	፲፱፻፷፱ I+A	71%
1969 (1977)				$ 0.82	$ 0.82	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	KM# 43.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes).	፲፱፻፷፱ II+B	16%
1969 (1977) FM	12 000				$ 1.10	$ 2.00	$ 2.40	KM# 43.3 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes).	፲፱፻፷፱ III+C Proof	7%
1996 (2004)			$ 0.41	$ 0.41	$ 0.93	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	KM# 43.3 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes).	፲፱፻፺፮ II+B	14%
1997 (2005)							$ 0.54	KM# 43.3 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes).	፲፱፻፺፯ II+B	5%

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