Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
Collector's Choice November 2022 Auction 14-17 Nov 2022
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
ETHIOPIA. Ras Tafari/First Airforce Airplane Gold Medal, EE 1921 (1928). Addis Ababa Mint. NGC Unc Details--Cleaned.
Gil-RT13. Weight: 22.59 gms. Obverse: Bust of Ras Tafai facing, wearing coronet and regal robe; Reverse: Crude airplane flying left to right, pilot visible in cockpit. Despite showing some evidence of cleaning in the form of hairlines are scattered about, though the details are strong and the charm is never fully lost from the piece. A lovely example of an uncommonly encountered type in gold.
Estimate: $2000 - $4000
Gil-RT13. Weight: 22.59 gms. Obverse: Bust of Ras Tafai facing, wearing coronet and regal robe; Reverse: Crude airplane flying left to right, pilot visible in cockpit. Despite showing some evidence of cleaning in the form of hairlines are scattered about, though the details are strong and the charm is never fully lost from the piece. A lovely example of an uncommonly encountered type in gold.
Estimate: $2000 - $4000