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25 Rupees Kingdom Anniversary
| Issuer | Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
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| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust effigy of John Clunies Ross, first King of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, rendered in relief at center. The portrait is depicted in a formal style with the legend JOHN CLUNIES ROSS inscribed in the field. |
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| Reverse description | A solitary coconut palm tree, its trunk curving to the left, stands on a sandy beach with a seascape rendered in the background. The denomination 25 RUPEES appears in the right field. A circular legend reading 150TH ANNIVERSARY · KEELING · COCOS ISLANDS · 1827-1977 surrounds the central design along the periphery, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the settlement of the islands. |
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The Cocos (Keeling) Islands came under the authority of the Clunies-Ross family for over a century before the Australian government purchased the islands outright in 1978 — making this 1977 anniversary issue one of the last coinages produced under that private fiefdom. John Clunies-Ross had established his dynasty there in the 1820s, and the family effectively ran the atoll as a personal estate, including issuing their own currency for use among the Cocos Malay workforce. This piece sits in that final window, struck just before Canberra ended the arrangement entirely.