1 Pesa copper coin - minted in Berlin. islamic year 1307.
Arabic text means "German Association"

Nice, thanks for sharing.

Some quick-shots of 20 Heller emergency coins (Tabora mint)...

LL...



better grade, but no LL...



result from clashed dies...

I've seen some of the 20 Heller coins before but never the African 1 Pesa. Very interesting . Thanks.

Those are some nice Hellers.

German East Africa:
contemporary postcard with coin explanation and some value comparison.

1 Rupie = 29 US cents. (1904). Yeah, very strong dollar

One Pesa was 0,45 US cents
3,5 Heller was 1 US cent

The postcard is really neat. It certainly makes a nice addition to your collection.

German East African coins are great. They are also getting harder to find.The postcard is awesome!

Although it was available at its release date, the 2 Rupien coin is not present on the postcard.

The following type is missing on the postcard, because it was introduced a couple of years later:

5 Heller 1909 (years: 1908/1909)
This copper (Cu950/Sn40/Zn10) coin is 37mm in diameter, weight: 20g
It's the biggest German copper alloy coin.

German East Africa - 5 Heller 1916 Tabora
Type 1 - unmodified die
Mint state condition - double strike

That's quite a double strike. Very nice.

Here's a 2 rupien coin that I have. the denomination seems to have been missed out from that postcard (?).



Ian

This coin is on my want list. Have to put aside some money first...

Here's a link to a site about the 1916 hellers...link.

More 20 Heller Coins...









The last one is a real copper coin...


Have fun.
jeggy

I like them very much thanks

That's one heller of a coin!

Thanks for showing.

By the way Jeggy about this picture:


Did you actually sent the coin to a lab for it's metal analysis?

Here is mine 1 Heller 1906 Hamburg mint

Sorry about my late reply:
A friend of mine is working at a company which manufactures X-ray fluorescence spectrometers (XRF).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_fluorescence

Cheers,
jeggy