50 Cents

Features

Issuer	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
Type	Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens
Year	1977
Value	50 Cents (0.50)
Currency	Rupee (1878-1984)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	6.6 g
Diameter	23.9 mm
Thickness	2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 36443
References	X# 4 Krause Publications (publisher). Unusual World Coins. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States (5 volumes). , Schön# 21 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Portrait of John Clunies Ross, the 1st. King of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

Script: Latin

Lettering: JOHN CLUNIES ROSS

Reverse

Palm tree on a beach leaning left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
KEELING COCOS ISLANDS
50
CENTS
1977

Edge

Plain

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1977										$ 52

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	The Coinhouse Auctions Auction 18 Lot 306	31 Jan 2021	UNC	USD 52.23 (EUR 45.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 84 Lot 1509	27 May 2023	AU	USD 62.68 (EUR 54.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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