German East Africa 1 Heller 1904-16

Between 1885 and 1918, one of Germany’s main African colonies was German East Africa, which included what is now mainland Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda. We can offer you a small selection of coins from the colony. They are the bronze 1 Heller coin from the pre-war period of 1904 and 1913. Unlike their pre-war copper equivalents, these were struck in brass at Tabora in the colony itself as a wartime emergency issue, rather than back in Berlin or Hamburg where most coinage was produced.