Coin catalog [Currency: Ethiopian matona | Edge: Plain/smooth | Face Value: 1] : Colnect 🪙
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1 Matona
- Country:
- Ethiopia
- Series:
- 1930~1974 - Emperor Haile Selassie
- Catalog codes:
- iInfringe
- Themes:
- Crosses | Crowns and Coronets | Emperors | Lions | Ribbons | Seals (Emblems)
- Issued on:
- iInfringe
- Last issue date:
- from colnect.com
- Distribution:
- Standard Circulation
- Mints:
- Birmingham Mint, Birmingham, Great Britain
- Composition:
- Copper
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Front: toothed. Back: dotted circle
- Weight:
- 1.5 grams
- Diameter:
- 16 mm
- Face value:
- 1 Ethiopian matona
- Known mintage:
- 1,250,000
- Composition Details:
- 98% copper98% copper
- Score:
- 75% Accuracy: High
- Description:
- Front: Crowned lion emblem (Conquering Lion of Judah, right)
looking to the front holding cross with ribbon above (value) 1
legend: (above, title) ሞዓ፡ አንበሳ፡ ዘእምነገደ፡ ይሁዳ፡
(transliterated: mō'ā 'anbessā ze'imneggede yihudā)
(translated: Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah)
Back: Crowned bust of 85th emperor Haile Selassie (right,
1930-1936, 1941-1974)
right of (arced year in Amharic) ፲፱፻፳፫
(10+9x100+20+3 = EE1923 (1931))
legend: (above, ruler in Amharic, left) ቀዳማዊ፡ ኃይለ፡ ሥላሴ፡
(transliterated: ḳedāmāwī 'aṣē ḫayle śillāsē)
(translated: Imperial Majesty (emperor) Haile Selassie I)
(right) ንጉሠ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ።
(transliterated: niguse negest ze'ītyōṗṗyā)
(translated: king of kings of Ethiopia)
(bottom-left/right, spacers/3-pointed stars) ≻ ≺
(bottom, value in Amharic) ፩ መቶኛ። (1 ma.to.ña)
Edge: P - plain, type: Π
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