Maria Theresa thaler
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The Maria Theresa thaler is a silver bullion coin and a type of Conventionsthaler that has been used in world trade continuously since it was first minted in 1741. It is named after Maria Theresa, who
Silver coin: 1 Maria Theresa thaler
Reverse of the restrike Maria Theresa thaler
Shipping crates of MTT in Ethiopia, c. 1910
Wilhelm von Rosenberg
Italian Eritrea
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Eritrea was a colony of the Kingdom of Italy in the territory of present-day Eritrea. The first Italian establishment in the area was the purchase of Assab by the Rubattino Shipping Company in 1869, w
Eritrea in 1912
Giuseppe Sapeto, c. 1870
Italian settlement at Assab, 1880
Massawa railway station, from L’illustrazione popolare, 1890