Ethiopia
Manelik II gold Pattern 1/4 Birr EE1889 (1897) XF Details (Mount Removed) NGC, Addis Ababa mint, KM-Pn2, Gill-M19. A charming pattern piece, with obvious evidence of prior mounting. Some scattered marks, with a light golden-orange tone near the peripheries. Rare.Ex. Lawrence Adams Collection; Rarcoa (3/1986), lot 33.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD