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ETHIOPIA: Haile Selassie I, 1930-1974, 25 matonas, EE1923 (1931), PCGS graded AU58

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Africa Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 75.00 USD
ETHIOPIA: Haile Selassie I, 1930-1974, 25 matonas, EE1923 (1931), PCGS graded AU58
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ETHIOPIA: Haile Selassie I, 1930-1974, 25 matonas, EE1923 (1931), KM-30, struck at the Addis Ababa mint, an attractive near mint example, PCGS graded AU58. Haile Selassie I (1882-1975) was the last emperor of Ethiopia. He was born as Täfäri Mäkonnän and later became known as Ras (duke) Tafari. In 1916 he dethroned Lij Yasu, the successor of emperor Melnik II. Zauditu, Menilek II’s daughter, became empress in 1917, while Ras Tafari became regent and heir apparent to the throne. He ruled from 1930 to 1936, then from 1941 to 1974, interrupted by the Italian occupation. After famine struck the nation, he was kept under house arrest in his palace after a military coup and got killed by the junta the 27th of August 1975. Some Rastafarians have refered to Haile Selassie as the returned messiah of the Bible.