ETHIOPIA (The City of Haraar) Copper Besa ND(c.1885) Ex.Rare Free Shipping

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ETHIOPIA (The City of Haraar) Copper Besa ND(c.1885)
Not listed in SCWC
In Dennis Gill's "The Coinage of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Italian Somalia"
listed as medal or token however according to
academic papers of Professor Hahn (Austria)
this piece is
actually one of the very first coins of Ethiopia. Instead of being a Token it is actually a besa from the City of Haraar. It's a very crude copper piece
that Gill catalogs as Tk1 (page 189) the obverse  has a crown, and the reverse the Amharic letter "M"
for Menelik.
Extra info you can find from Ian' Fenn's blog posted on American Numismatic Association site.
Great addition to World coin collection.