gxseries Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 I've bought this interesting token / coin and have to say I'm quite impressed over it. Something that's issued exactly 100 years ago yet it seems rather modern. As I'm a metalhead (I like to collect coins in various elements), this is something that sparked interest in me for a long time. Price has been quite prohibitive but I got this at a reasonable price considering it's condition. What is neat about these tokens is that each token has been individually labelled. Most catalog mention that the token is made in ivory but the reality is it's made out of ivorine - plastic that imitates ivory. More information can be read here as well as the various designs of the coins. http://www.australianstamp.com/coin-web/keeling/keeling.htm This also reminds me of an old post: http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php/topic/20301-rare-cocoskeeling-wooden-no-ivorine-tokens/ I may hunt the other coins a few years down the road... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted October 1, 2013 Report Share Posted October 1, 2013 That's a really interesting piece gx. Nice area to collect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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