Mauritius: 1970s proposal for new circulation coin designs

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1 cent.   Tea plant.

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2 cents.   Fish: Etelis carbunculus.

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5 cents.   Sugar cane.

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10 cents.   Fresh water prawn: Macrobrachium rosenbergii.

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I am grateful to the Royal Mint Museum for providing scans of these old sketches. Now we know what they looked like, and they are very competent. It is a pity that they were never adopted. At this point, the designs of the coinage of Mauritius were not particularly interesting, since the 1, 2 and 5 cents showed only their denominations and none of the examples of plants or animals that were found on the coins of other African coins.

See also: Mauritius: from British colony to independence.

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Traveller's tree.

Ravenala Madagascariensis.




5 cents.  Traveller's tree:

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Good that the designs have been found. They are very nice. It is a pity that they were never used. I wonder why.

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In general, reasons for not issuing coins include a new government (whether by election or by "revolution") and lack of money. In the case of the FAO coins, the approval of the FAO is an additional factor.

Peter

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A reminder of how the Mauritius coinage looked at the time.

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See also:  Circulation sets with poorly unified design.

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1 cent.   Tea plant.

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The FAO-themed images at the start of this topic were scans of scans.

The Royal Mint Museum has kindly now sent me images of Leslie Durbin's original FAO-themed sketches.

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2 cents.   Fish: Etelis carbunculus.

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5 cents.   Sugar cane.

Image copyright of The Royal Mint Museum.

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10 cents.   Fresh water prawn: Macrobrachium rosenbergii.

Image copyright of The Royal Mint Museum.