10 Santeem - Haile Selassie I

Features

Issuer Ethiopian Empire (Ethiopia)
Emperor Haile Selassie I (1930-1936, 1941-1974)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1936 (1945-1975)
Calendar Ethiopian
Value 10 Santeem (አሥር፡ሳንቲም) (0.10)
Currency Birr / Ethiopian Dollar (1945-1976)
Composition Brass (95% Copper, Zinc 5%)
Weight 6.0 g
Diameter 22.8 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized September 1976
Number
N#
5947
References KM# 34,
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# 30
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Haile Selassie Bust
Year 1936 of the Ethiopian calendar in Ge'ez script

Script: Ge'ez

Lettering: ፲፱፻፴፮

Translation: 10 9 100 30 6 (meaning (10+9)*100+30+6 = 1936) (Ethiopian calendar, 1944 in Gregorian calendar)

Reverse

Crowned lion of Judah right, right foreleg raised holding ribboned cross.

Script: Ge'ez

Lettering: አሥር:ሳንቲም

Translation: Ten Santeem (āširi sanitīmi)

Edge

Reeded

Mints

Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003)
Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)
United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)

Comments

Struck between 1945-1963 in Philadelphia, 1964-1966 in Birmingham, and 1974-1975 in London.

Despite being listed in the Standard Catalog of World Coins as Copper, official US Mint and Royal Mint records state that these coins were minted in Copper and Zinc (Brass).

Of the Philadelphia issue, 25,000,000 were minted in 1945, 16,000,000 were minted in 1949, 5,000,000 were minted in 1952, 25,000,000 were minted in 1953, 6,928,000 were minted in 1957, 33,072,000 were minted in 1958, 20,000,000 were minted in 1962, and 30,000,000 were minted in 1963.

Of the Birmingham issue, 4,800,000 were minted in 1964, 35,200,000 were minted in 1965, and 100,000,000 were minted in 1966.

Of the British Royal Mint issue, 50,000,000 were minted in 1974.

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Date Mintage G VG F VF XF AU UNC
1936 (1945-1975)  348 998 000 $ 0.05 $ 0.43 $ 0.60 $ 1.30 $ 1.30 $ 1.30 $ 1.90 ፲፱፻፴፮

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