Pre-Colonial African Coins

The Aksumite of Northern Ethiopian are the early tribes of Africa to introduce coins in the 2nd to the 9th century as a means of trading. These coins were made of gold, a little bronze and a minute quantity of silver.

The Aksumite kings initially decreed the coins should bear Greek inscriptions, but, was later amended and Amharic text was embossed on the coins, according to Britannica.

The traditional coins which were used by the Ethiopians temporarily went into extinction as a result of foreign alliances and allegiance.

King Menelick, emperor of Ethiopia between 1889 and 1913, restored the coins but rather as silvers with an embossment of the Lion of Judah. He believed he was the direct descendant of King Solomon and Queen Sheba.

The Ethiopians were not the only African nations to have started using coins as means of transaction before the arrival of the Europeans.

To read the complete article, see:
Coins used by African nations before colonialism and post-independence(https://face2faceafrica.com/article/coins-used-by-african-nations-before-colonialism-and-post-independence)

Dallas Police Challenge Coin Investigated

KDFWDallas Police Department investigating 'racist' challenge coin renderingAugust 31, 2022The Dallas Police Department said it is investigating a so-called challenge coin made by a white officer that the head of the Dallas Black Police Association called "racist."

To watch the complete news report, see:
Dallas Police Department investigating 'racist' challenge coin rendering(https://news.yahoo.com/dallas-police-department-investigating-racist-221401131.html)

To read an earlier E-Sylum article, see:
LOOSE CHANGE: JUNE 12, 2022 : Creator of Offensive Maryland Challenge Coin Identified(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n24a32.html)

Swimmer's Artistic Pose with her Medals

Olympics swimmer Linda Cerruti has hit back at comments on a photo where she's posing upside down with her medals from the European Aquatics Championships.

The photo in question, which was posted by the Italian swimmer last week, showed her posing in an acrobatic upside-down pose along with the eight medals she won at the championships in Rome.

The post, which has received tens of thousands of interactions and many messages of support, shows the medals draped along Cerruti's legs as she does the splits.

However, two days after sharing the picture the swimmer posted a follow-up message explaining that she's received thousands of and comments beneath the image.

she wrote.

To read the complete article, see:
Olympic swimmer responds to 'sexist' comments on her 'upside down' medal photo(https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/olympic-swimmer-responds-sexist-comments-045349294.html)