KEELING COCOS ISLANDS
STATUS	DENOM	YEAR	GRADE	DESCRIPTION	MY PRICE	PHOTO
	25 cents 1 Rupee 2 Rupee 5 Rupee	1910/1913	VF	Set of four (4) J.S. Clunies Ross tokens: 25 cents Serial Number 1976, Mintage: 5,000, Square, Tn3; 1 Rupee Serial Number 1365, Mintage: 2,000, Square, Tn5; 2 Rupee Serial Number 263, Mintage: 1,000, Round, Tn6; 5 Rupee Serial Number 46, Mintage: 1,000, Octagonal, Tn-7. The Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian territory, comprises a group of 27 coral islands located in the Indian Ocean about 1,300 miles west of Australia. Only 2 islands are currently inhabited, has an area of 5.4 square miles and a population of less than 1,000. It was discovered by Captain William Keeling of the British East India Company in 1609. Alexander Hare, an English adventurer, established a settlement but it lasted only a year. A permanent settlement was established on Direction Island in 1827 by Hare and Captain John Clunies Ross, a Scot, for the purposes of storing East Indian spices for reshipment to Europe during periods of shortage. When the experiment in spice futures did not develop satisfactorily, Hare left the islands, leaving Ross as sole owner. These J.S. Clunies Ross plastic ivory tokens are rare as few have survived since they were first manufactured more than 100 years ago. Each of the tokens has its own unique serial number.	$1200
	5 cents	2004	EF+	sea horse	$3
	10 cents	2004	EF+	yellow-bellied seasnake	$3
	20 cents	2004	EF+	lion fish	$3
	50 cents	2004	EF+	ornate butterflyfish 12-sided	$3
	dollar	2004	AU	black crowned night heron	$3.50
	2 dollars	2004	AU+	wedge-tailed shearwater	$4
	5 dollars	2004	AU	great white shark. bimetal	$5