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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 179400, member: 1824&quot;]Biju,the Cocos (Keeling) Islands was originally an autonomous kingdom under the rule of the Clunies-Ross family.For administrative purposes,they were associated with the Straits Settlements &amp; Singapore prior to 1955,when it was transferred to Australian administration.The Cocos (Keeling Islands) monarchy ended in 1978,when Australia stuck its nose in too much.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Cocos (Keeling) Islands issued notes between 1887 &amp; 1904 denominated in Rupees &amp; Cents (derived from the currency of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)).A series of tokens was issued in 1913,&amp; in 1968.The only issue of coins under the Cocos (Keeling) Islands monarchy was issued in 1977.I have the bronze 5 Cents.The Cocos (Keeling) Islands began to issue its first Dollars &amp; Cents coins in 2003.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a couple of articles; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutt_River_Province_Principality" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutt_River_Province_Principality" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutt_River_Province_Principality</a> &amp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos_%28Keeling%29_Islands" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands</a> .</p><p><br /></p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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