Token, Clunies Ross, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 1968
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1968 AD
Australia Cocos (Keeling) Islands Twenty Five Cent 1968 Green plastic token Clunies Ross family A round green plastic token (28 mm diameter) printed in black; on the obverse a palm tree growing from an island with ocean in background, at right, KEELING COCOS IS with the date 1968 in exergue; and on the reverse within a circular geometric pattern, 25 C
Obverse: A palm tree growing from an island with ocean in background, at right, KEELING COCOS IS with the date 1968 in exergue. Reverse: Within a circular geometric pattern, 25 C. Edge: Plain.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Plastic
- Dimensions
- Overall Dimensions: 28 mm (Outside Diameter)
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Australia
- Series recorded
- Cocos-Keeling Island
- Denomination recorded
- 25 Cents
Design
- Marks and inscriptions
- Obverse: KEELING COCOS IS 1968 Reverse: 10 C
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Museums Victoria, Melbourne collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- mv-82233
- Museum object name
- Token - 25 Cents, Clunies Ross, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia, 1968
- Holding institution
- Museums Victoria, Melbourne
- Museum object number
- NU 16663
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
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- Mint or printer
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- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.