Coins And Old Stamps Of Mauritius ( Indian Ocean Island State )

1. OBVERSE - ONE RUPEE - 1950

1.  REVERSE - ONE RUPEE - 1950

2.  OBVERSE - FIVE CENTS - 1959

1.       BRITISH MAURITIUS

2.       BRITISH MAURITIUS

3.        BRITISH MAURITIUS

4.       BRITISH MAURITIUS

5.       BRITISH MAURITIUS

6.        BRITISH MAURITIUS

7.        BRITISH MAURITIUS

8.       BRITISH MAURITIUS

9.          SELF-GOVERNMENT

10.       SELF-GOVERNMENT

11.       SELF-GOVERNMENT

3.  FIVE CENTS - 1999

4.  TWENTY CENTS - 1987

5.  HALF RUPEE - 2002

6.  ONE RUPEE - 1990

7.  FIVE RUPEES - 1992

8.  OBVERSE - TEN RUPEES - 1997

8. REVERSE - TEN RUPEES - MAURITIUS HEAD OF STATE

It was believed that the Arabs were the first to have discovered Mauritius and named the island Dina Arabi.  The Portuguese arrived on the island between 1507 and 1513 but took no interest on the island as they were already established in Goa India, East Indies as well as the Malay state but in 1598, the Dutch named the island as " Prins Maurits " after 5 of their ships stranded on the  island while on the way to Bantam, Indonesia. The Dutch presence on the island led to the extinction of the large Dodo birds  which walked on foot rather than flying and also the Giant Tortoises. After it was abandoned by the Dutch, the French took control in 1715.  The French had to surrender it to the British during the Treaty of Paris after the former lost the Napoleonic War and governed it from 1810 till 1968 before releasing it to the locals for self-rule on 12 March 1968.

Old Stamps And Coins Of The Republic Of Seychelles ( Indian Ocean )

1.     SEYCHELLES

2.     SEYCHELLES

1.  FIVE CENTS - 1996

2.  TEN CENTS - 2000

3.  TWENTY FIVE CENTS - 1997

4.  ONE RUPEE - 1982

5.  OBVERSE - FIVE RUPEE - 2000

5.  REVERSE - FIVE RUPEE - 2000

These small islands nation is located in the Indian Ocean  northeast of Madagascar and is about 1 600 km east of Kenya.   This island nation is made up of 155 tropical islands, some granite and some coral.  About 90% of the population live on Mahe while the rest of 9% on Praslin and La Digue.  Seychelles was first settled by the French way back in 1770 and was ceded to the British after Napolean was defeated under the Treaty Of Paris in 1814.  Seychelles achieved independence from the British in 1976.

Coins And Banknotes Of The Republic Of Maldives

1.  ONE LAARI - 1990

2.  FIVE LAARI - 1990

3.  TEN LAARI - 2002

4.  TWENTY FIVE LAARI - 1996

5.  FIFTY LAARI - 1995

6.  ONE RUFIYAA - 1996

7. TWO RUFIYAA - 1995

The Republic of Maldives is  a group of islands state in the Indian Ocean about 671 km southwest of Sri Langka.  Its 1 190 coral islets stretch over an area of 90 000 sq km.  Maldives islands were first settled in the 5th. century by Buddist  seafarers from India  and Sri Langka.  Islam was adopted by its population  in 1153.  Originally the islands were under the suzerainty of Ceylon. They came under British protection in 1887.  Independence was achieved with Britain on July 26,  1965.

1A.   OBVERSE - FIVE RUFIYAA - ISSUED 2006

1B.   REVERSE - FIVE RUFIYAA - ISSUED 2006

2A.   OBVERSE - TEN RUFIYAA - ISSUED 2006

2B.   REVERSE - TEN RUFIYAA - ISSUED 2006

3A.   OBVERSE - TWENTY RUFIYAA - ISSUED 2006

3B.   REVERSE - TWENTY RUFIYAA - ISSUED 2006

Coins Of Nepal

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Nepal covers an area of 147 181 sq.km and is sandwiched between China to the north and India to the west, south and east.  It is a diverse land-locked country. The name Nepal was derived from an old Sanskrit word Nipalaya which means " at the bottom of the mountain " .  History of Nepal started with the emergence of the Kirat period around 800 BC  which saw the ruling of 29 kings and lasted for 1 225 years and the first king was called Yalambar or Elam. This was later followed by the Lickhari and Thakuri period, then by the Mula period and finally the Shah period.  The present President of Nepal is Ram Baran Yadau and former Maoist rebel leader Pushpal Kamal Dakal is the Prime Minister.