KEELING-COCOS COINS AND CURRENCY
NEW 2004
KEELING-COCOS
COINS
The Keeling-Cocos Islands, also known as the Cocos (Keeling) Islands,
are
a group of 27 small islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
The
few coins it has produced since it was first settled in the 1820s are
scarce
and expensive. This 2004 dated set of seven coins of the Keeling-Cocos
Islands was authorized by the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire
Council.
The coins feature various native wildlife. The $5 coin is a bimetallic
coin that features teh Great White Shark. A Wedge-tailed Shearwater
bird
is on the brass $2 coin. The brass Dollar coin features the Black
Crowned Night Heron. The 12-sided 50 Cent coin shows a Butterfly
Fish. A Lion Fish is on the copper-nickel 20 cent. A
Yellow-Bellied
Sea Snake is pictured on the copper-nickel 10 Cents. The
copper-nickel
5 Cents features a sea-horse. The obverse of all the coins features a
palm
tree. The coins have low mintages, ranging from only 20,000
pieces for the $1 and $2 coins to 50,000 for the 5 cents. The 2003
silver
Keeling-Cocos coin sold out almost immediately, so I would not suggest
waiting to purchase these.
Item CC-SET04 KEELING-COCOS 2004 SEVEN COIN SET,
5c - $5, UNC. $29.95
Item CC-$5 BI-METALLIC $5 GREAT WHITE SHARKE
COIN FROM THE ABOVE SET $15.00
Item CC-5c 5 CENT SEAHORSE COIN FROM THE ABOVE
SET $2.50
RARE CURRENCY OF KEELING COCOS ISLANDS
The
Keeling-Cocos Islands are a group of 27 small islands in the middle of
the Indian Ocean. It was first settled in the 1820's by English
adventurer
Alexander Hare, his Malay harem, Scottish trader Capt. John Clunies
Ross
and his family. After initial difficulties, Hare moved on leaving
the Ross family in possession of the Islands. They brought in
Malay
laborers, cleared almost all native vegetation and planted Coconut
palms.
Ross made himself and his descendents King of the Cocos. In 1978
Australia purchased the islands purchased from the family. In
1902
Keeling Cocos issued a series of small, rectangular uniface notes
printed
on thin cardboard notes for use on the islands. The notes bear the
printed
signature of G. Clunies Ross, who was King of the Cocos at the
time.
The were not serialized; they all bore the "serial number"
YE1823.
Relatively few of the notes were issued, and many of those deteriorated
in the moist, tropical climate of the islands or were lost.
Luckily
for collectors a small group of unused 1902 1/10 Rupee and 1/4 Rupee
notes were discovered
a few years ago, making them affordable.
Item L-CC-PMS123 KEELING COCOS 1/10 RUPEE NOTE 1902
UNC (PS123) sold out
Item L-CC-PMS124 KEELING
COCOS 1/4 RUPEE NOTE 1902 UNC (PS124) sold
out
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