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ERITREA: Vittorio Emanuele III, 1900-1945, AR tallero, 1918-R, EF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Africa Start Price:85.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
ERITREA: Vittorio Emanuele III, 1900-1945, AR tallero, 1918-R, EF
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ERITREA: Vittorio Emanuele III, 1900-1945, AR tallero, 1918-R, KM-5, created in 1918 as a trade coin imitating and competing with the Maria Theresa thaler, a popular coin amongst locals and Arab traders around the Red Sea, EF, ex Almer H. Orr III Collection. The tallero (= thaler) or rial was the currency of Eritrea between 1890 and 1921. It was worth five lire and was subdivided into ten decimi. This type was struck in 1918 as a trade coin imitating and competing with the Maria-Theresa thaler, a popular coin amongst locals and Arab traders.