Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 966. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMAN EAST AFRICA, Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft. Wilhelm II. 1888-1918. AR 2 Rupien (23.35 g, 12h). GUILELMUS II IMPERATOR, uniformed bust left, wearing breastplate and helmet surmounted by crowned imperial eagle / DEUTSCH-OSTAFRIKANISCHE GESELLSCHAFT (star) ZWEI RUPIEN (star), arms of Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft: lion passant left, palm behind, 1892 below; all on ornate shield. Jaeger 714; Davenport 32; KM 5. UNC, small area of toning on reverse, proof-like surfaces, minor field marks.