Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 1153. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $2475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ETHIOPIA. Haile Selassie. 1930-1974. Five piece AV Proof Set. 75th Birthday issue. Numismatica Italiana mint. Dated EE 1958 (1966 AD). $200, $100, $50, $20, $10, all with three-quarter facing bust / Lion of Judah. $200 stamped with serial number 3830. 4.4 ounces total gold weight. In original green plush case with paperwork. KM PS2; Gill p.159. As Struck, a few light hairlines in the fields. The reported mintage of these sets is 8,823, with the $200 piece only available in the sets. ($2000)

A significant number of the sets were likely melted down after the 1974 revolution that deposed Haile Salassie.