5 Rupees Rodrigues Island

Features

Location Mauritius
Issuing entity Vitaly Bakhtinov
Type Fantasy items › Fantasy currency
Year 2018
Value 5 Rupees
Composition Silver plated copper-nickel
Weight 19.6 g
Diameter 39.1 mm
Thickness 2.8 mm
Shape Annular sector
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
162818

Commemorative issue

FAO

Obverse

Coat of arms of the Republic of Mauritius.
Date.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1968 2018
STELLA CLAVISQUE MARIS INDICI
RODRIGUES
OUTER ISLANDS OF MAURITIUS

Reverse

Value.
A boat sailing near the island and the logo of the United Nations
ВБ - VB, Vitaly Bakhtinov.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FAO
FIAT PANIS
RUPEES
5
ВБ

Translation: VB

Edge

Smooth

Comments

Rodrigues (French: Île Rodrigues) is a 108-square-kilometre autonomous outer island of the Republic of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, about 560 kilometres east of Mauritius. It is part of the Mascarene Islands which include Mauritius and Réunion.
 It lies about 375 miles (600 km.) east of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It is about 11 miles (18 km.) long and 5 miles (8 km.) at its widest. It has a population of less than 50,000. The island was uninhabited but periodically visited by Arab traders and Portuguese exploders. It was named after Portuguese explorer Diogo Rodrigues in February 1528. During the 18th Century the French made several attempts to settle the island. They imported African slaves who are ancestors of the present population. In 1809 the British occupied the island and in 1834 abolished slavery. Rodrigues was joined with Mauritius in 1968 when they obtained independence from Great Britain. This unofficial, odd-shaped 2018 5 Rupees coin commemorates the 50th anniversary of independence from Britain and joining with Mauritius. One side features the coat-of-arms of the Outer Islands of Mauritius and the dates "1968", "2018". The other side features a boat sailing near the island and the logo of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The silver-plated Proof coin has a mintage of only 150 pieces.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2018  150 Proof

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