Kingdom of Zamunda
An imaginary African kingdom central to the plot of the Paramount Pictures film "Coming to America" in 1988 is a romantic comedy film directed by John Landis, starring Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem, heir to the throne of Zamunda.
The country is ruled by King Jaffe Joffer (played by James Earl Jones), and is home to the Prince's royal servant, Semmi (Arsenio Hall). Faced with the prospect of an arranged marriage to a woman he has never met, Akeem pleads with his father, the King (James Earl Jones), to be allowed to go to the America to find a bride of his own choosing. His father misunderstands him and believes that the Prince wishes to "sow his royal oats" before settling down with his arranged bride. The prince and his royal servant set off to New York City, New York, and Akeem picks the area of "Queens" as the best place to look for potential brides.
Akeem and Semmi pretend to be African exchange students so that people will not treat them differently for their royalty. Eventually Akeem meets a girl he wants to marry, who happens to be the daughter (Shari Headley) of the owner (John Amos) of McDowell's fast food restaurant where he and Semmi are employed. It takes a while to win her affection, but eventually he does, and they fall in love. After she finds out who Akeem really is, she is at first upset that he lied. In the end, love prevails and the two are married in a royal African ceremony. Eddie Murphy is also the story writer of this movie.

Cast:
  • Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem/Clarence/Randy Watson/Saul
  • Arsenio Hall as Semmi/Extremly Ugly Girl/Morris/Reverend Brown
  • James Earl Jones as King Jaffe Joffer
  • John Amos as Cleo McDowell
  • Madge Sinclair as Queen Aoleon
  • Shari Headley as Lisa McDowell
  • Paul Bates as Oha
  • Eriq La Salle as Darryl Jenks
  • Frankie Faison as Landlord
  • Vanessa Bell Calloway as Imani Izzi
  • Louie Anderson as Mauric
  • Allison Dean as Patrice McDowell
  • Sheila Johnson as Lady-in-Waiting
  • Jake Steinfeld as Cab Driver
  • Calvin Lockhart as Colonel Izzi
  • Michele Watley as Bather

 
Paramount contracted with the Continental Coin Corporation to produce these coins for promotion of the 1988 film. The copper-nickel pieces were given out at the California premier, while the gold-plated examples was struck for use as a prop in the movie. A 100 pound note of the Bank of Zamunda, also bearing the image of Prince Akeem, was produced as a prop for use in the movie
 
 

 
 
This coin has been produced in Copper-Nickel, Brass plated Copper-Nickel, Gold plated and Gold. It is well known that the one and only gold coin was struck as a presentation gift for Eddie Murphy.
I purchased my 5 Pound Brass plated Copper-Nickel 23.6 grams and Copper-Nickel 26.7 grams coins from Oded Paz.
 
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