Monday, May 12, 2014

ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS 2011 SET OF 7 UNOFFICIAL / FANCY / FANTASY COINS / TOKENS STRUCK BY OSBORNE COINAGE, CINCINNATI, OHIO, USA.


Reverse of 20 Rupees coins shows Nautilus.

Reverse of 10 Rupees coins shows Dugong.


Reverse of 5 Rupees coins shows Wild Boar.
Reverse of 2 Rupees coins shows Coconut Crab.

Reverse of 1 Rupee coin shows Flying Gecko.
Reverse of 50 Paise coin shows Stork Billed Kingfisher.

Reverse of 25 Paise coin shows Clubtail Butterfly .

These above coins are designed and produced by Joseph E. Lang. Native wildlife is featured in this set of 7 (seven) unofficial 2011 dated coins from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The arm of the Islands is on the observe of each coin. These were struck by Osborne coinage in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. JL initial is visible on the reverse side of all these coins. Four major spoken languages in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands i.e. Bengali, Hindi, English and Tamil are seen in each coin. These Fancy coins minted in limited number of 10,000 sets only are most sought for by the thematic collectors.