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Description: | (obverse) 1916 T
(reverse) DEUTSCH OSTAFRIKA 15 RUPIEN
Tabora emergency issue. The Tabora sovereign, issued in German East Africa, remains the only emergency currency coin in the world made from gold. It was designed by Friedrich Schumacher and minted by the Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank in a temporary siege mint in Tabora to pay native troops when the main port, Dar-es-Salaam, fell to the Allies in the First World War. Approximately c.16,000 Tabora sovereigns were minted.
Embossed gold coin, circular, the obverse features a German imperial eagle encircled by legend "DEUTSCH OSTAFRIKA" and denomination "15 RUPIEN", the reverse features a roaring elephant with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background, the date "1916" and mint mark "T" for Tabora is embossed below. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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