Watch List notes:

ETHIOPIA, Mängəstä Ityop'p'ya (Ethiopian Empire). Menelik II. 1889-1913. AR Birr (39mm, 28.15 g, 6h). Paris mint. Dated EE 1892 (AD 1899/1900). KM 19. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 66 WINGS APPROVED. Superb mottled iridescent toning over all surfaces of the coin. Highest ever graded for the date and type. Coin was purchased by Lissner as a proof and possibly is one.


Purchased from M. Louis Teller, May 1983.