Lot 105
105
Menelik II, 1/2-Birr (2), struck at the Paris mint, dated 1887 EE/1894 AD, 1889 EE/1897 AD, Lagrange type, lion with left foreleg raised, both mintmark A (Gill p.104; KM.4), good very fine, one toned; -Birr (2), struck at Addis Ababa, dated 1889 EE/1897 AD, lion with right foreleg raised (Gill p.110; KM.15), one of base appearance but of correct weight, clear date, fine, the second weakly struck at bottom, very fine, scarce (4)

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Menelik II, 1/2-Birr (2), struck at the Paris mint, dated 1887 EE/1894 AD, 1889 EE/1897 AD, Lagrange type, lion with left foreleg raised, both mintmark A (Gill p.104; KM.4), good very fine, one toned; -Birr (2), struck at Addis Ababa, dated 1889 EE/1897 AD, lion with right foreleg raised (Gill p.110; KM.15), one of base appearance but of correct weight, clear date, fine, the second weakly struck at bottom, very fine, scarce (4)