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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 26362034, member: 4910&quot;]In the 1960&#039;s I collected world coins and owned the book <i>A Catalog of Modern World Coins</i> by R. S. Yeoman, seventh edition, published in 1967.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was a island country in the book named Mauritius and from a coin dealer&#039;s foreign coin &quot;junk bin&quot; I acquired a Mauritius 20 cent coin dated 1886.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_mauritius_cent20_1886.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>1. Mauritius 20 Cents 1886</p><p>Silver, 18.0 mm, 2.33 gm</p><p><br /></p><p>Mauritius is an island in the Indian Ocean.</p><p>It had been a British possession for a long time and is now independent.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_mauritius_cent01_1965.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>1. Mauritius 1 Cent 1965</p><p>Bronze, 17.0 mm, 1.94 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_mauritius_cent02_1969.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>2. Mauritius 2 Cents 1969</p><p>Bronze, 23.0 mm, 3.87 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_mauritius_cent05_1967.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>3. Mauritius 5 Cents 1967</p><p>Bronze, 28.0 mm, 9.87 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_mauritius_cent10_1966.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>4. Mauritius 10 Cents 1966</p><p>Copper-nickel, 24.0 mm, 5.12 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_mauritius_rupeeqtr_1965.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>5. Mauritius Quarter Rupee 1965</p><p>Copper-nickel, 19.0 mm, 2.91 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_mauritius_rupeehalf_1965.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>6. Mauritius Half Rupee 1965</p><p>Copper-nickel, 23.0 mm, 5.74 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_mauritius_rupee01_1956.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>7. Mauritius Rupee 1956</p><p>Copper-nickel, 30.0 mm, 11.64 gm</p><p><br /></p><p>Another old coin from Mauritius:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_mauritius_rupeeqtr_1950.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>1. Mauritius Quarter Rupee 1950</p><p>Copper-nickel, 19.0 mm, 2.92 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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