

Ethiopia. Menelik II (1889-1913). Birr EE 1895 (1903) countermarked with the head of Vittorio Emanuele III, probably used by Italian troops in Ethiopia (1935-1936). Cf. KM 19. 27.9 g. 40.5 mm. RR. Very rare and intriguing countermarked type. Host coin F; C/m VF.
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