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ETHIOPIA. Haile Selassie Coronation Gold Medal, EE 1923 (1930). Addis Ababa Mint. PCGS MS-62 Gold Shield.
20.21 gms. KMX-18; Gill-S12. Fourth issue. Commemorating his coronation. Obverse: Crowned and draped bust left; Reverse: Throne of Solomon between two angels; lion of Judah in foreground. Attractive and rather bold, though struck from rusted dies.
20.21 gms. KMX-18; Gill-S12. Fourth issue. Commemorating his coronation. Obverse: Crowned and draped bust left; Reverse: Throne of Solomon between two angels; lion of Judah in foreground. Attractive and rather bold, though struck from rusted dies.
Selassie was arguably one of the greatest public speakers of the twentieth century, and had a prophetic view of things to come in the 1930's. Upon being annexed by Mussolini in 1936, he appealed to the League Of Nations for relief. When the league did nothing, Selassie imbued "It is us today. It will be you tomorrow" foretelling the beginning of the Second World War some three years before it began. A terrific medal commemorating what was likely the coronation of the greatest Ethiopian leader to have ever lived.
Estimate: $1000.00- $1200.00