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5 Rupees
| Issuer | Bank of Mauritius |
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| Year | 2012-2018 |
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| Weight | 12.55 g |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral '5' dominates the central field, superimposed over a vignette of two coconut palm trees rising from a stylised island surrounded by water, with a row of smaller trees depicted along the shoreline in the exergue. The legend 'MAURITIUS' arcs along the upper left periphery, the date '2012' along the upper right, and the denomination 'RUPEES' appears in the lower field beneath the central design. The designer's initials 'JS' are visible at lower left of the central vignette. The rim features a security milled edge. |
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| Mintage | 2012 - - 2018 - - |
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KM#56a is the nickel plated steel successor to the earlier cupro-nickel KM#56, introduced as rising base metal costs made the original composition economically unviable — a pattern that swept through central bank coin programs across the Indian Ocean region in the early 2010s. Mauritius had no domestic minting capacity; these were struck abroad under contract, most likely at the Royal Mint.