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  • 1000 Rupees 1988, Mauritius, Dodo Gold
  • 1000 Rupees 1988, Mauritius, Dodo Gold
Description

Dodo Gold coins of 22 carats are in four denominations, namely, one ounce with a face value of Rs1,000, half an ounce with a face value of Rs500, quarter of an ounce with a face value of Rs250 and one-tenth of an ounce with a face value of Rs100. The coins are legal tender in Mauritius for the value stated thereon.

Obverse

Depicts a portrait of the former Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth facing left encircled by his name and country name below.

Sir Anerood Jugnauth (1930–2021) was a Mauritian statesman, politician and barrister who served both as President and Prime Minister of Mauritius. He was Member of Parliament for Piton & Riviere Du Rempart. A central figure of Mauritian politics in the 1980s and 1990s, he was Leader of the Opposition from 1976 to 1982. He served four consecutive terms as prime minister from 1982 to 1995 and again from 2000 to 2003. He was then elected as President from 2003 to 2012. Following his party's victory in the 2014 general elections, he served his sixth and final term as prime minister, becoming the nation's longest serving prime minister with more than 18 years of tenure, overtaking Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, who held the office for 14 years.

THE Rt HON SIR ANEROOD JUGNAUTH PC QC KCMG
MAURITIUS

Reverse

Depicts a dodo bird on the famous painting by Roelandt Savery enclosed by its name above dividing denomination and date above, metal and weight below.

The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius, which is east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The dodo's closest relative was the also-extinct and flightless Rodrigues solitaire. The two formed the subfamily Raphinae, a clade of extinct flightless birds that were a part of the family which includes pigeons and doves. The closest living relative of the dodo is the Nicobar pigeon. A white dodo was once thought to have existed on the nearby island of Réunion, but it is now believed that this assumption was merely confusion based on the also-extinct Réunion ibis and paintings of white dodos.

Engraver: Roelandt Savery

· 1988 · THE DODO · Rs.1000 ·
ONE OUNCE FINE GOLD

Edge
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Gold
Fineness 0.917
Weight 34.05 g
Diameter 32.69 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Medal

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