Current Ethiopian Coins

Current coins of ethiopia gumardee coins and banknotes.

Current ethiopian coins. Haile selassie i 1930 1974 reform 1931. The first type was issued in 1895 during the reign of emperor menelik ii 1844 1913 and later produced with the frozen dates of 1896 and 1897. Shown is the 10 birr. The 1 birr coin formerly 1 dollar and 1 talari is a circulation piece of the current federal democratic republic of ethiopia and former ethiopian empire abyssinia that has been issued in three main types.

A similar second coin was then made. ብር bər known before 1976 as the ethiopian dollar is the unit of currency in ethiopia it is subdivided into 100 santim. The cash of the account now became 1 birr 32 bessa 16 ghersh. 1 32 birr 1902 1903 copper coin value 5 7.

Coin sets of all nations ethiopia w card all 1977 unc rare stamp 22 10 1990. Maria theresa thaler was adopted as a standard coin in ethiopia in 1855. Aksumite currency was coinage produced and used within the kingdom of aksum or axum centered in present day eritrea and ethiopia its mintages were issued and circulated from the reign of king endubis around ad 270 until it began its decline in the first half of the 7th century. Hence in 1908 a new ethiopian coin was introduced.

In 1931 the emperor of ethiopia haile selassie i formally requested that the international community use the name ethiopia as it had already been known internally for at least 1 600 years citation needed instead of abyssinia and the issuing. With a population of more than 102 million it is the most populous landlocked country in the world. During the succeeding medieval period mogadishu currency minted by the sultanate of mogadishu was the most. Ethiopian coins catalog empire of ethiopia before 1974 ethiopian birr 20 qersh before 1931 menelik ii 1889 1913 1 4 birr 1902 1903 silver coin value 8 12.

Coins of ethiopia birr ethiopia commemorative coins numismatics duration. The silver birr retained its fineness and same weight as the old one. 14 in which it replaced the current 10 50 and 100 birr notes and introduced a new 200 birr denomination. The coin denominations included the copper coins of 1 100 and 1 32 birr silver coins of 1 ghersh 1 8 1 4 1 2 and 1 birr and the gold coins of 1 4 1 2 and 1 werk.

The ethiopian government introduced a new currency series on sept. The first ethiopian birr coins were in circulation between 1894 and 1897.