Silver commemoratives

Silver commemorative coins

Socialist Ethiopia

Year	Denomination	Obverse / Reverse	Details
1979 EE1972	10 birr	Conservation of wildlife and other natural resources The copy I have, has a mirrorlike field, but the vulture and other devices are not frosty.	silver (UNC) 38 mm 25,31 gr 4.002 pcs
1979 EE1972	10 birr	Conservation of wildlife and other natural resources	silver (PROOF) 38 mm 28,28 gr 3.460 pcs
1979 EE1972	25 birr	Conservation of wildlife and other natural resources The copy I have, has a mirrorlike field, but the nyala and other devices are not frosty.	silver (UNC) 42 mm 31,65 gr 4.002 pcs
1979 EE1972	25 birr	Conservation of wildlife and other natural resources	silver (PROOF) 42 mm 35,00 gr 3.295 pcs
1980 EE1972	20 birr	Year of a Child	silver (PROOF) 38 mm 23,15 gr 16.000 pcs
1981 EE1974	50 birr	International Year of Disabled Persons, Ethiopia	silver (UNC) 38 mm 28,30 gr 10.500 pcs
1981 EE1974	50 birr	International Year of Disabled Persons, Ethiopia no picture available (yet :-)	silver (PROOF) 38 mm 28,30 gr 10.500 pcs
1982 EE1974	2 birr	World Football 1982	kupari-nikkeli (UNC) 38 mm 23,25 gr - pcs
1982 EE1974	20 birr	World Football 1982	silver (PROOF) 38 mm 23,20 gr 10.000 pcs
1984 EE1976	20 birr	U.N. Decade for Women	silver (PROOF) 38 mm 23,55 gr 372 pcs
1984 EE1977	50 birr	1977 Founding Congress of W.P.E & 10th Anniversary of the Revolution 1984	silver (PROOF) 38 mm -28,28 gr -max 1.000 pcs*

References:
Gill, Dennis (1991). The Coinage of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Italian Somalia.
Krause, Mishler, Bruce (2002). 2003 Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1901 - Present (Standard Catalog of World Coins, 30st Ed)

* Schön, Günther and Schön, Gerhard (2005). Welt Münzkatalog (20. jahrhundert, 33. auflage)

This is the only book, which I know that has published details about the coin.
And they have an image of my coin in the catalogue!

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