Los 6139

Gold Mule Presentation Werk EE1921 (1928), Addis Ababa (Gill-RT8, plain edge) - VF, accomplished by the muling of a die created for a pattern 1/8 Birr (Gill-RT2) and a Menelik 1/32 Birr (KM17a), with the obverse displaying a leftward facing crowned Ras Tafari and the familiar Lion of Judah motif on the reverse. Likely struck long after the intended period of usage for the dies, with both obverse and reverse displaying pebbly die rust (as made) within the fields. Haile Selassie gave these pieces to dignitaries and favored individuals