Mauritius - Coins from Tropical Islands in the Indian Ocean

In the 1960's I collected world coins and owned the book A Catalog of Modern World Coins by R. S. Yeoman, seventh edition, published in 1967.

There was a island country in the book named Mauritius and from a coin dealer's foreign coin "junk bin" I acquired a Mauritius 20 cent coin dated 1886.


1. Mauritius 20 Cents 1886
Silver, 18.0 mm, 2.33 gm

Mauritius is an island in the Indian Ocean.
It had been a British possession for a long time and is now independent.


1. Mauritius 1 Cent 1965
Bronze, 17.0 mm, 1.94 gm


2. Mauritius 2 Cents 1969
Bronze, 23.0 mm, 3.87 gm


3. Mauritius 5 Cents 1967
Bronze, 28.0 mm, 9.87 gm


4. Mauritius 10 Cents 1966
Copper-nickel, 24.0 mm, 5.12 gm


5. Mauritius Quarter Rupee 1965
Copper-nickel, 19.0 mm, 2.91 gm


6. Mauritius Half Rupee 1965
Copper-nickel, 23.0 mm, 5.74 gm


7. Mauritius Rupee 1956
Copper-nickel, 30.0 mm, 11.64 gm

Another old coin from Mauritius:


1. Mauritius Quarter Rupee 1950
Copper-nickel, 19.0 mm, 2.92 gm

 

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My only coin from here. I picked up a while back just because of the Dodo bird.

 

Nice set of coins.
I got this old 5 cent piece. (and a Dodo)


5 cent, 1897, Bronze, 28.35mm, 9.5g.

 

Two more Mauritius coins:

I just had to get one of these:


Mauritius 10 Rupees 1971 - Independence and Dodo bird
Copper-nickel, 35.0 mm, 17.44 gm

Probably the best reverse design:


Mauritius Half Rupee 1951 - Barasingha or swamp deer
Copper-nickel, 23.6 mm, 5.82 gm

 

1949 2 cents. 250k minted